BIB_ID
282255
Accession number
MA 977.12
Creator
Austen, Jane, 1775-1817.
Display Date
1801 Jan. 21-22.
Credit line
Purchased by J.P. Morgan, Jr. in 1920.
Description
1 item (4 p.) ; 23.8 cm
Notes
Austen's signature does not appear on this letter though the letter appears to be complete.
Forms part of a collection of 41 letters from Austen to her sister and two prints (MA 977.1-43).
High reserve.
The first two pages are written on Wednesday, Jan. 21; "Thursday," Jan. 22, appears near the top of p. 3.
With postmark and seal, addressed to Miss Austen, Godmersham Park, Faversham, Kent.
Forms part of a collection of 41 letters from Austen to her sister and two prints (MA 977.1-43).
High reserve.
The first two pages are written on Wednesday, Jan. 21; "Thursday," Jan. 22, appears near the top of p. 3.
With postmark and seal, addressed to Miss Austen, Godmersham Park, Faversham, Kent.
Inscriptions/Markings
Watermark: Portal & Co 1797.
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
Discussing their brother Frank's naval promotion; describing visits with neighbors; mentioning money bequeathed to their brother Edward and his family by a Mrs. Girle; speculating on where they will stay in Bath.
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