Record ID:
195572
Accession number:
MA 7279
Date:
1843 May 9.
Credit:
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".
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."
Provenance:
Gordon N. Ray.
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