BIB_ID
282198
Accession number
MA 977.3
Creator
Austen, Jane, 1775-1817, sender.
Credit line
Purchased by J.P. Morgan, Jr. in 1920.
Description
1 item (4 pages) ; 22.8 x 37.2 cm (unfolded)
Notes
With mark of red seal or wafer, postmark, and addressed to Miss Austen, Godmersham Park, Faversham, Kent.
Most of the first three pages were written on Tuesday, Dec. 18; "Wednesday," Dec. 19, appears in the bottom third of p. 3.
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.
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: Shield with horn inside over cursive letters "PB".
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 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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