BIB_ID
282198
Accession number
MA 977.3
Creator
Austen, Jane, 1775-1817.
Display Date
1798 Dec. 18-19.
Credit line
Purchased by J.P. Morgan, Jr. in 1920.
Description
1 item (4 p.) ; 22.8 x 37.2 cm
Notes
Forms part of a collection of 41 letters from Austen to her sister and two prints (MA 977.1-43).
High reserve.
Most of the first three pages were written on Tuesday, Dec. 18; "Wednesday," Dec. 19, appears in the bottom third of p. 3.
With postmark and seal, addressed to Miss Austen, Godmersham Park, Faversham, Kent.
High reserve.
Most of the first three pages were written on Tuesday, Dec. 18; "Wednesday," Dec. 19, appears in the bottom third of p. 3.
With postmark and seal, addressed to Miss Austen, Godmersham Park, Faversham, Kent.
Inscriptions/Markings
Watermark: Shield with horn inside over cursive letters "PB".
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 how she has altered a cap; detailing the efforts of her father and her brother Charles to advance Charles' naval career, including writing to Admiral Gambier and Sir Thomas Williams; mentioning that the family has subscribed to a library; giving details of daily life at home and reporting on her mother's health.
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