BIB_ID
282310
Accession number
MA 977.21
Creator
Austen, Jane, 1775-1817.
Display Date
1808 Oct. 13.
Credit line
Purchased by J.P. Morgan, Jr. in 1920.
Description
1 item (3 p., with address) ; 23.1 cm
Notes
Forms part of a collection of 41 letters from Austen to her sister and two prints (MA 977.1-43).
High reserve.
With postmark and seal, addressed to Miss Austen, Edward Austen's Esqr., Godmersham Park, Faversham, Kent; written from Castle Square.
High reserve.
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 her sadness upon learning of her sister-in-law Elizabeth's unexpected death; worrying about her brother Edward and her nieces and nephews; sharing consoling thoughts about Elizabeth.
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