BIB_ID
195572
Accession number
MA 7279
Creator
Austen, Cassandra, 1773-1845.
Display Date
1843 May 9.
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Description
1 item (3 p., with address) ; 22.8 cm
Notes
With a note above the address panel, dated Oct. 17, 1843 and probably in Cassandra Austen's hand, in which she apologizes that a ring she intended for Cassandra Esten Austen has been lost and requests that a song work-book given to her by Caroline Austen be returned to Caroline.
Inscriptions/Markings
Watermark: Wove paper, "Joynson 1841".
Provenance
Gordon N. Ray.
Summary
Informing him that he has been made residuary legatee in her will and giving him instructions regarding the disposal of her property, including clothing, jewelry, and family miniatures; also refers to her intention to destroy her various personal papers and set apart the letters and manuscripts of her sister Jane Austen "for those parties to whom I think they will be mostly valuable."
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