Purchased by J.P. Morgan, Jr. in 1920.
1 item (3 pages) ; 22.5 x 37.2 cm (unfolded)
The letter does not have an address and seems to have been sent inside another letter.
The only date on the letter is "Tuesday," but Apr. 30, 1811 is the probable date based on the contents of the letter.
Written from Sloane Street, her brother Henry's residence in London.
Forms part of a collection of 41 letters from Austen to her sister and two prints (MA 977.1-43).
High reserve.
Watermark: Horn inside shield over letters "JH".
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.
Providing an address for their brother Henry at Oxford; discussing her new clothing; mentioning that she has tried to get Mary Brunton's Self-control without success; including a poem about "the Weald of Kent Canal-Bill" for Edward.