BIB_ID
282312
Accession number
MA 977.22
Creator
Austen, Jane, 1775-1817.
Display Date
1808 Nov. 21 [i.e. Nov. 20].
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.
The date on the letter is "Sunday Nov. 21," however Sunday was Nov. 20 in 1808.
With postmark and seal, addressed to Miss Austen, Edward Austen's Esqr., Godmersham Park, Faversham, Kent; written from Castle Square.
High reserve.
The date on the letter is "Sunday Nov. 21," however Sunday was Nov. 20 in 1808.
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.
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
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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