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Autograph letter signed from John Donne to Sir Henry Wotton [manuscript], 1625 July 12.

Donne, John, 1572-1631, sender.; Wotton, Henry, Sir, 1568-1639, addressee.
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Title
Autograph letter signed from John Donne to Sir Henry Wotton [manuscript], 1625 July 12.
Description
2 leaves ; 30 x 19 cm
Associated name
Donne, John, 1572-1631, sender.
Wotton, Henry, Sir, 1568-1639, addressee.
Summary
Donne offers to place a servant of Wotton's in an ecclesiastical living in return for the completion of the admission of Sir Robert More's son to Eton.
Note
Of Sir Robert More's six sons, Donne presumably refers to Nicholas, who in 1630 was admitted to King's College, Cambridge, as a King's scholar from Eton.

Bifolium, with red wax seal (heraldic antelope passant crined) on address leaf.
In
Papers of the More family of Loseley Park, Surrey, 1489-1682 (bulk 1538-1630).
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Digital image(s) of Folger Shakespeare Library L.b.540
Genre/form
Letters (correspondence)
Manuscripts (documents)
Place of creation/publication
Great Britain -- England -- London.

Call number
L.b.540

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