Bequest of Alberta H. Burke, 1975.
1 item (4 pages, with address) ; 23.3 cm
With postmark and seal; year of the date is from postmark.
Addressed to "Miss Austen, Chawton, Alton."
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.
Watermark: J. Jellyman 1813.
By descent to Charles John Austen in 1845; by descent to his granddaughters; sold by them in the 1920s; Frederick R. Lovering; sale (Sotheby's, 3 May 1948); Alberta H. Burke.
Thanking her for her two letters; saying that she is glad "the new Cook begins so well"; discussing a letter she received from the publisher [John] Murray in which he "wants to have the Copyright of MP [Mansfield Park] & SS [Sense and Sensibility]"; commenting on the weather and visitors; describing her brother Henry's illness and its treatment; noting that she wants to return to Chawton as soon as possible and will "send down a parcel by Collier on Saturday."