Purchased by J.P. Morgan, Jr. in 1920.
1 item (4 pages) ; 23 x 37.1 cm (unfolded)
With postmark, addressed to Miss Austen, Godmersham Park, Faversham, Kent; seal cut out.
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.
Sharing news of their brothers Frank and Charles; commenting on the ball she attended; updating her sister on the current gossip at Steventon.