[95] Many of Richard’s letters to Mezières, in indifferent spelling, are in the French Archives. T. 132.

[96] She was the daughter of Sebastian Mercier, and after Holcroft’s death married James Kenney, the dramatist. She died in 1853. Her brother accompanied Holcroft back to England, but the printing-office started by them did not succeed.

[97] The son, who married Elizabeth Latouche, died in 1806, leaving a son who became a lunatic in 1826 and died unmarried in 1847.

[98] F. 7, 3755 and 3759.

[99] Monthly Review, Nov. 1823, and Gentleman’s Magazine, Feb. 1824.

[100] It was published by William Dugard, a Worcestershire man, but to judge by his name, of French extraction. He was master of Merchant Taylors’ School, London, printer to the Council of State, and a friend of Milton. See Dictionary of National Biography, which does not, however, mention his newspaper.

[101] This daughter apparently died in childhood.

[102] Souvenirs et Mémoires, Oct. 1899.

[103] See my Paris in 1789–1794.

[104] A. F. ii. 288.