BIB_ID
282235
Accession number
MA 977.5
Creator
Austen, Jane, 1775-1817, sender.
Credit line
Purchased by J.P. Morgan, Jr. in 1920.
Description
1 item (4 pages) ; 22.9 x 36.9 cm (unfolded)
Notes
With postmark and remnant of wafer, addressed to Miss Austen, Steventon, Overton, Hants [Hampshire]; written from 13, Queen Square.
The final page of the letter includes messages to Cassandra dictated to Jane Austen by her brother Edward's children Fanny-Catherine and Edward. The children have signed their messages with their initials (FAC and EA).
Forms part of a collection of 41 letters from Austen to her sister and two prints (MA 977.1-43).
The final page of the letter includes messages to Cassandra dictated to Jane Austen by her brother Edward's children Fanny-Catherine and Edward. The children have signed their messages with their initials (FAC and EA).
Forms part of a collection of 41 letters from Austen to her sister and two prints (MA 977.1-43).
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
Reporting on Edward's health and his purchase of "a pair of Coach Horses"; noting Dr. Mapleton's popularity and success in Bath; describing the second gala at "Sidney Gardens," the first gala having failed because of bad weather; telling of the family's plan to depart from Bath on Sunday and return to Steventon on Thursday.
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