BIB_ID
282238
Accession number
MA 977.7
Creator
Austen, Jane, 1775-1817.
Display Date
1800 Nov. 1.
Credit line
Purchased by J.P. Morgan, Jr. in 1920.
Description
1 item (4 p.) ; 22.9 cm
Notes
Forms part of a collection of 41 letters from Austen to her sister and two prints (MA 977.1-43).
With postmark and seal, addressed to Miss Austen, Godmersham Park, Faversham, Kent.
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
Sharing news of their brothers Frank and Charles; commenting on the ball she attended; updating her sister on the current gossip at Steventon.
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