BIB_ID
281984
Accession number
MA 7296
Creator
Austen, Fanny, 1790-1814.
Display Date
1812 Mar. 5.
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Description
1 item (3 pages) ; 25.6 cm
Notes
Capt. Charles Austen served as captain of the HMS Namur from Nov. 1811 to Sept. 1814; during this time, the vessel was on harbor duty and based in the Thames estuary at the Nore near Sheerness.
To her sister, born Esther (or Ester) Palmer, wife of James Christie Esten.
With postmark and remains of seal; addressed: Mrs. J.C. Esten / 22 Keppel Street / Russell Square / London.
To her sister, born Esther (or Ester) Palmer, wife of James Christie Esten.
With postmark and remains of seal; addressed: Mrs. J.C. Esten / 22 Keppel Street / Russell Square / London.
Summary
Thanking Mrs. Esten for her offer to send the servant Polly to assist the writer during the absence of her nurse Nancy; Mr. Palmer and sister Harriet visiting aboard the Namur, together with Charley; the threat of illness to the children on shipboard; family news, including an upcoming trip to Scotland to look at a house "which Papa thinks will answer for you all".
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