BIB_ID
282194
Accession number
MA 977.2
Creator
Austen, Jane, 1775-1817, sender.
Credit line
Purchased by J.P. Morgan, Jr. in 1920.
Description
1 item (4 pages) ; 22.5 x 36.8 cm (unfolded)
Notes
With postmark and red seal, address panel: "Miss Austen / Steventon / Overton / Hants" [Hampshire].
Watermark: Floyd & Co. 1--4.
Forms part of a collection of 41 letters from Austen to her sister and two prints (MA 977.1-43).
High reserve.
Watermark: Floyd & Co. 1--4.
Forms part of a collection of 41 letters from Austen to her sister and two prints (MA 977.1-43).
High reserve.
Inscriptions/Markings
Watermark: Floyd & Co. 1--4.
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; Alfred Morrison sale, 10 December 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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