Purchased by J.P. Morgan, Jr. in 1920.
1 item (4 pages) ; 23 x 37.3 cm (unfolded)
With postmark and red wafer, addressed to Miss Austen, Godmersham Park, Faversham, Kent.
The first three pages of the letter are written on "Saturday even[in]g," Oct. 25; "Sunday," Oct. 26, appears near the bottom of p. 3; "Monday," Oct. 27, appears near the top of p .4.
Forms part of a collection of 41 letters from Austen to her sister and two prints (MA 977.1-43).
Watermark: Shield with horn inside over cursive letters "PB".
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.
Describing her recent visits to neighbors; commenting on her family's affairs with tenants and tradesmen; mentioning a Mrs. Martin whose business has failed and who "had very lately an execution in her house"; detailing "improvements" in the grounds at Steventon; thanking her sister for "executing my Commissions so well" in ordering and sending a gown, stockings, combs, and pink shoes.