BIB_ID
282250
Accession number
MA 977.11
Creator
Austen, Jane, 1775-1817.
Display Date
1801 Jan. 14 and 16.
Credit line
Purchased by J.P. Morgan, Jr. in 1920.
Description
1 item (4 p.) ; 23.8 cm
Notes
Forms part of a collection of 41 letters from Austen to her sister and two prints (MA 977.1-43).
High reserve.
With postmark and seal, addressed to Miss Austen, Godmersham Park, Faversham, Kent.
High reserve.
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
Describing the many tasks that precede moving: a carpenter appraising the furniture, women coming to buy her mother's chickens, her father finding a new situation for his bailiff; discussing desirable locations in Bath; sharing local gossip.
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