Autograph letter signed : London, to Cassandra Austen, 1811 Apr. 18 and 20.

Record ID: 
282329
Accession number: 
MA 977.27
Author: 
Austen, Jane, 1775-1817.
Date: 
1811 Apr. 18 and 20.
Credit: 
Purchased by J.P. Morgan, Jr. in 1920.
Description: 
1 item (4 p.) ; 22.5 cm
Notes: 

A long strip is cut out of the middle of p. 1-2 to remove a sentence on p. 2; there is also heavy canceling immediately before the missing strip.
Forms part of a collection of 41 letters from Austen to her sister and two prints (MA 977.1-43).
High reserve.
The first three pages are written on "Thursday"; "Saturday" appears at the bottom of p.3.
With postmark and seal, addressed to Miss Austen, Edwd Austen's Esqr, Godmersham Park, Faversham, Kent; written from Sloane Street.

Inscriptions/Markings: 

Watermark: Horn inside shield over letters "JH".

Summary: 

Describing her outings and visits in London; giving details of the fabric and trimmings she purchased; discussing a party Eliza is planning; noting that Frank "is superseded in the Caledonia," the ship on which he hoped to be the captain, and wondering what he will do if he chooses not to accept a less desirable position.

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.