Lot 1123
Goodwin, John (1594-1665), English Puritan cleric and religious writer. Autograph Letter Signed "Johannes Goodwin", one page (with integral address leaf), 7½ x 12, Queen's College, July 13, 1619. To Sir H. "Spelman Knight at his house in Smithfield in London", soliciting his intervention for redress of a literary grievance. Some aging and restoration including the two pages reinforced.
Estimate 500 - 750
Among John Goodwin's writings was "Defence of the Sentence Passed Upon King Charles I". During the Civil War, he originally sided with the Republicans, later switching his support to the army. He was briefly jailed following the restoration of the King in 1660.
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| Realized $675 |
