There is an entire book about Gilbert Imlay....GILBERT IMLAY CITIZEN OF THE WORLD by Wil Verhoeven. Gilbert had a daughtre by Mary Wollstonecraft (Mothr of Mary Shelley, author of FRANKENSTEIN) named Fanny Imlay, born in LaHavre,France in 1816. Gilert abandoned them although he an Mary Wollstonecraft had an on and off again relationship for years. If you enter Mary Wollstonecraft or Fanny Imlay on the internet, you should get more information. In Oct. 1816 Fanny took an overdose of laudanum and died.