BIB_ID
282312
Accession number
MA 977.22
Creator
Austen, Jane, 1775-1817, sender.
Credit line
Purchased by J.P. Morgan, Jr. in 1920.
Description
1 item (4 pages) ; 23.2 x 37.7 cm (unfolded)
Notes
With postmark and black wafer, addressed to Miss Austen, Edward Austen's Esqr., Godmersham Park, Faversham, Kent; written from Castle Square.
The date on the letter is "Sunday November 21," however Sunday was November 20 in 1808.
Forms part of a collection of 41 letters from Austen to her sister and two prints (MA 977.1-43).
High reserve.
The date on the letter is "Sunday November 21," however Sunday was November 20 in 1808.
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: GATER 1808 on wove paper.
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
Attempting to make arrangements for Frank and Cassandra to see each other while Frank is on leave of absence; reporting that Chawton has six bedchambers; commenting on marriages she has learned of, visits to friends, her brother's upcoming visit, and her plans to take Martha Lloyd to the theater in Southampton.
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