1614

Rolfe, John. Letter to Sir Thomas Dale. 1614. Ralph Hamor, A True Discourse of the Present State of Virginia. London, 1615. 61-69. (Richmond: Virginia State Library Press, 1957, with introduction by A. L. Rowse.) (New York: Da Capo Press, 1971.) In a 1614 letter to the governor, Rolfe details his crisis of conscience over his attraction to Pocahontas and asks if he should "desist" or "persist" in his desire to marry her.
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