BIB_ID
282240
Accession number
MA 977.9
Creator
Austen, Jane, 1775-1817.
Display Date
1801 Jan. 3 and 5.
Credit line
Purchased by J.P. Morgan, Jr. in 1920.
Description
1 item (4 p.) ; 23.8 x 37.2 cm
Notes
Forms part of a collection of 41 letters from Austen to her sister and two prints (MA 977.1-43).
Most of the letter is written on "Saturday," Jan. 3; only the paragraph below the address panel is labeled "Monday," Jan. 5.
With postmark and seal, addressed to Miss Austen, Godmersham Park, Faversham, Kent.
Most of the letter is written on "Saturday," Jan. 3; only the paragraph below the address panel is labeled "Monday," Jan. 5.
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
Suggesting where the family should rent a house in Bath; discussing arrangements for meeting in Bath, moving beds to Bath, and ordering furniture; musing on leaving Steventon: "I get more & more reconciled to the idea of our removal. We have lived long enough in this Neighbourhood."
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