BIB_ID
282194
Accession number
MA 977.2
Creator
Austen, Jane, 1775-1817.
Display Date
1796 Sept. 18.
Credit line
Purchased by J.P. Morgan, Jr. in 1920.
Description
1 item (4 p.) ; 22.5 x 36.8 cm
Notes
Forms part of a collection of 41 letters from Austen to her sister and two prints (MA 977.1-43).
High reserve.
With postmark and seal, addressed to Miss Austen, Steventon, Overton, Hants [Hampshire].
High reserve.
With postmark and seal, addressed to Miss Austen, Steventon, Overton, Hants [Hampshire].
Inscriptions/Markings
Watermark: Floyd & Co. 1--4.
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 her difficulties in planning a trip to London; noting that her brother Frank received his naval appointment and will be on board the Triton, a "new 32 [gun] Frigate just launched at Deptford," under Capt. John Gore.
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