Autograph letter signed : [London], to Thomas Hopkins, Secretary to Lord Sunderland, the Principal Secretary of State, "Wednesday", [1709 Nov. 2].

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Autograph letter signed : [London], to Thomas Hopkins, Secretary to Lord Sunderland, the Principal Secretary of State, "Wednesday", [1709 Nov. 2].

Concerning her arrest and imprisonment related to the publication of her political novel New Atlantis (1709).

1 item (2 p.) ; 17.7 x 11.3 cm.

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