BIB_ID
282185
Accession number
MA 977.1
Creator
Austen, Jane, 1775-1817.
Display Date
1796 Sept. 15-16.
Credit line
Purchased by J.P. Morgan, Jr. in 1920.
Description
1 item (4 p.) ; 22.5 x 36.8 cm
Notes
Austen's signature does not appear on this letter though the letter appears to be complete.
Forms part of a collection of 41 letters from Austen to her sister and two prints (MA 977.1-43).
High reserve.
The majority of the letter is written on Thursday, Sept. 15; the section dated "Friday" starts below the address panel on p. 4.
With postmark and seal, addressed to Miss Austen, Steventon, Overton, Hants [Hampshire].
Forms part of a collection of 41 letters from Austen to her sister and two prints (MA 977.1-43).
High reserve.
The majority of the letter is written on Thursday, Sept. 15; the section dated "Friday" starts below the address panel on p. 4.
With postmark and seal, addressed to Miss Austen, Steventon, Overton, Hants [Hampshire].
Inscriptions/Markings
Watermark: Shield with posthorn inside.
Provenance
Alfred Morrison sale (10 Dec. 1918) lot 2154; purchased by J.P. Morgan, Jr. from the New York dealer Ernest Dressel North in 1920.
Summary
Describing a visit to Nackington [House]; relating news about various acquaintances; reporting on her brothers' shooting party; making arrangements to go to Steventon. The letter also mentions Fanny Burney's Camilla.
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