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.

2 leaves ; 30 x 21 cm

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.

Bifolium, with unidentifiable seal fragment on address leaf.

Washington, D.C., Folger Shakespeare Library, 2004-2005. Letterwriting in Renaissance England (catalog entry 56)

Papers of the More family of Loseley Park, Surrey, 1489-1682 (bulk 1538-1630).

Great Britain -- England -- London.

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