BIB_ID
282255
Accession number
MA 977.12
Creator
Austen, Jane, 1775-1817, sender.
Credit line
Purchased by J.P. Morgan, Jr. in 1920.
Description
1 item (4 pages) ; 23.8 x 36.8 cm (unfolded)
Notes
With postmark and mark of wafer, addressed to Miss Austen, Godmersham Park, Faversham, Kent.
Austen's signature does not appear on this letter though the letter appears to be complete.
The first two pages are written on Wednesday, Jan. 21; "Thursday," Jan. 22, appears near the top of p. 3.
Forms part of a collection of 41 letters from Austen to her sister and two prints (MA 977.1-43).
High reserve.
Austen's signature does not appear on this letter though the letter appears to be complete.
The first two pages are written on Wednesday, Jan. 21; "Thursday," Jan. 22, appears near the top of p. 3.
Forms part of a collection of 41 letters from Austen to her sister and two prints (MA 977.1-43).
High reserve.
Inscriptions/Markings
Watermark: Portal & Co 1797.
Provenance
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.
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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