Autograph letter signed from John Donne to Sir Thomas Egerton [manuscript], 1602 February.

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Autograph letter signed from John Donne to Sir Thomas Egerton [manuscript], 1602 February.

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Donne thanks Egerton for granting him the liberty of his chamber. He applies for a complete release from the custody imposed for his secret marriage to Anne More, explaining that it is "for health, not pleasure" that he makes this further request.

2 leaves ; 30 x 20 cm.

Folger Shakespeare Library

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Folger Shakespeare Library

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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, ...

Egerton, Thomas, Sir, 1540?-1617

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Thomas Egerton, 1st Baron of Ellesmere, Lord Chancellor in 1603-1617. From the description of Some Noates and observations upon the Statute of Magna Carta Chap: 29 and other Statutes, 1615/1616. (Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens). WorldCat record id: 122499737 ...

Donne, Anne More, -1617

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