BIB_ID
282328
Accession number
MA 977.26
Creator
Austen, Jane, 1775-1817.
Display Date
1809 Jan. 30.
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.
With postmark and seal, addressed to Miss Austen, Edwd Austen's Esqr, Godmersham Park, Faversham, Kent; written from Castle Square.
High reserve.
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
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.
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