Purchased by J.P. Morgan, Jr. in 1920.
1 item (4 pages) ; 23.3 x 37.5 cm (unfolded)
With postmark and remnant of red wafer, addressed to Miss Austen, Mrs. Lloyd, Hurstbourn Tarrant, Andover; written from "Paragon."
Forms part of a collection of 41 letters from Austen to her sister and two prints (MA 977.1-43).
High reserve.
Watermark: Portal & Co 1797. rbmscv
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.
Discussing the sale of some of the Austens' household property; describing a ball she attended in Bath; commenting on "another stupid party" she attended.