Autograph letter signed from John Donne to Sir George More [manuscript], 1601/1602 February 13.
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Title
Autograph letter signed from John Donne to Sir George More [manuscript], 1601/1602 February 13.
Description
2 leaves ; 30 x 21 cm
Summary
Donne thanks More for "this mild change of Imprisonm[en]t" and pleads for help negotiating a reconciliation with Lord Keeper Egerton, his former employer. Donne also requests permission to write to his wife Anne, More's daughter. Addressed "from my chamber."
Note
Bifolium, with seal fragment (sheaf of seven snakes) on address leaf.
Exhibited
Washington, D.C., Folger Shakespeare Library, 2004-2005. Letterwriting in Renaissance England (catalog entry 58)
In
Papers of the More family of Loseley Park, Surrey, 1489-1682 (bulk 1538-1630).
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Place of creation/publication
Great Britain -- England -- London.
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L.b.529