BIB_ID
282319
Accession number
MA 977.24
Creator
Austen, Jane, 1775-1817.
Display Date
1809 Jan. 17-18.
Credit line
Purchased by J.P. Morgan, Jr. in 1920.
Description
1 item (4 p.) ; 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.
Most of the first three pages are written on "Tuesday"; "Wednesday" appears near the bottom of p. 3.
With postmark and seal, addressed to Miss Austen, Edwd Austen's Esqr, Godmersham Park, Faversham, Kent; written from Castle Square.
High reserve.
Most of the first three pages are written on "Tuesday"; "Wednesday" appears near the bottom of p. 3.
With postmark and seal, addressed to Miss Austen, Edwd 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
Noting the cold weather: "everything seems to turn to snow this winter"; mentioning the people who have left or returned to Southampton; commenting on her current reading, including "Ida of Athens by Miss Owenson" and "a third volume of sermons from Hamstall" by the Reverend Edward Cooper; discussing her mother's improved health following the "return of one of her old complaints"; noting that she and Martha will be attending the Assembly in honor of the Queen's birthday.
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