Purchased by J.P. Morgan, Jr. in 1920.
1 item (4 pages) ; 23.2 x 37.7 cm (unfolded)
With postmark and mark of red seal, addressed to Miss Austen, Edwd 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.
Commenting on the wet but mild weather; discussing the title of Hannah More's Coelebs in search of a wife; noting Sir Thomas Williams' return; providing news of various acquaintances and family members; observing that the recently deceased Sir John Moore "has a mother living"; reporting that the leaking storecloset has been fixed but "the Nursery was not habitable" during the recent thaw.