Autograph letter signed from John Donne, London, to Sir George More [manuscript], 1601/1602 February 2.

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Autograph letter signed from John Donne, London, to Sir George More [manuscript], 1601/1602 February 2.

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Donne relates the circumstances of his marriage to More's daughter Anne. He explains his reasons for not informing More beforehand ("I knew my present estate lesse then fitt for her; I knew, (yet I knew not why) that I stood not right in your Opinion; I knew that to have given any intimacion of it, had been to impossibilitate the whole Matter") and seeks More's favor. Written from Donne's lodging by the Savoy.

2 leaves ; 30 x 21 cm.

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Donne, John, 1572-1631

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Proposed for publication as part of the Percy Society series. From the description of The Songs and sonnets of Dr. John Donne : with critical notes by the late Samuel Taylor Coleridge / edited by Barron Field, Esq. : manuscript, [ca. 1840] (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 612868820 Herbert Grierson attached great importance to the manuscript and presumed the writer to be an acquaintance of Donne. From the description of Poems and paradoxes : manuscript, ...

More, George, Sir, 1553?-1632

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Donne, Anne More, -1617

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