BIB_ID
282301
Accession number
MA 977.19
Creator
Austen, Jane, 1775-1817.
Display Date
1808 Oct. 1-2.
Credit line
Purchased by J.P. Morgan, Jr. in 1920.
Description
1 item (4 p.) ; 23.2 cm
Notes
Forms part of a collection of 41 letters from Austen to her sister and two prints (MA 977.1-43).
High reserve.
Most of the first three pages are written on "Saturday Oct.1"; "Sunday," Oct. 2, appears in the lower half of p. 3.
With postmark and seal, addressed to Miss Austen, Edward Austen's Esqr, Godmersham Park, Faversham, Kent; written from Castle Square.
High reserve.
Most of the first three pages are written on "Saturday Oct.1"; "Sunday," Oct. 2, appears in the lower half of p. 3.
With postmark and seal, addressed to Miss Austen, Edward Austen's Esqr, Godmersham Park, Faversham, Kent; written from Castle Square.
Inscriptions/Markings
Watermark: GATER 1808 on wove paper.
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
Expressing happiness at learning that Edward and Elizabeth Austen's son has been born; mentioning various meetings with neighbors and comparing one tedious visit to Elizabeth Austen's labor; speculating that the family may move to Alton soon; noting that her brother Frank's family "must be very happy"; reporting that Cassandra's plants were taken inside to protect them from the cold. The letter also mentions that she is reading aloud Southey's Espriella's letters.
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