Purchased by J.P. Morgan, Jr. in 1920.
1 item (4 pages) ; 23.3 x 37.3 cm (unfolded)
With postmark and wafer, addressed to Miss Austen, Edward Austen's Esqr, Godmersham Park, Faversham, Kent; written from Castle Square.
Forms part of a collection of 41 letters from Austen to her sister and two prints (MA 977.1-43).
High reserve.
Watermark: GATER 1808 on wove paper.
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.
Wishing Elizabeth Austen a happy recovery from childbirth; explaining that she opened and answered a letter to Cassandra from their young nephew; discussing her mother's attempt to dye an old gown for a mourning dress and the problems with dyeing dresses; describing a fire in Southampton; reporting that Martha Lloyd has arrived for a visit.