BIB_ID
281684
Accession number
MA 2911.4
Creator
Austen, Jane, 1775-1817, sender.
Credit line
Bequest of Alberta H. Burke, 1975.
Description
1 item (4 pages, with address) ; 22.9 cm
Notes
With postmark and red wax seal; year is from postmark.
Addressed to "Miss Austen, 10, Henrietta Street, Covent Garden, London."
Includes cross-writing.
Part of a collection of 8 autograph letters from Jane Austen, 2 autograph letters from Cassandra Austen, a memorandum of accounts in Jane Austen's hand, and a memorandum in Cassandra's hand concerning the dates of composition of Jane Austen's novels. Items in the collection are described in 12 individual records (MA 2911.1-12).
High reserve.
Addressed to "Miss Austen, 10, Henrietta Street, Covent Garden, London."
Includes cross-writing.
Part of a collection of 8 autograph letters from Jane Austen, 2 autograph letters from Cassandra Austen, a memorandum of accounts in Jane Austen's hand, and a memorandum in Cassandra's hand concerning the dates of composition of Jane Austen's novels. Items in the collection are described in 12 individual records (MA 2911.1-12).
High reserve.
Inscriptions/Markings
Watermark: "W TURNER & Son 1810".
Provenance
Bequeathed by Cassandra Elizabeth Austen to Fanny, Lady Knatchbull, in 1845; inherited by Lord Brabourne, 1882; probably in the Puttick & Simpson sale of 26-8 June 1893; Maggs Bros., 1918; William Randolph Hearst; Henry G. and Alberta H. Burke, 1938.
Summary
Noting that she is "not at all in a humour for writing"; commenting on daily life at Godmersham; describing an outing to Canterbury; discussing dresses; mentioning shared acquaintances.
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