BIB_ID
282338
Accession number
MA 977.30
Creator
Austen, Jane, 1775-1817.
Display Date
1811 June 6.
Credit line
Purchased by J.P. Morgan, Jr. in 1920.
Description
1 item (4 p.) ; 22.8 cm
Notes
"June 6 1811" is written on the address panel in an unknown hand.
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, Edw Austen's Esqr, Godmersham Park, Faversham.
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, Edw Austen's Esqr, Godmersham Park, Faversham.
Inscriptions/Markings
Watermark: Horn inside shield over letters "R&T".
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
Settling plans and dates for Cassandra and Martha's trips to Chawton; mentioning people who have visited her and the invitations she has sent; commenting on the Wedgwood dishes that have arrived; detailing what fruits and vegetables are ripe in the garden; noting that her mother and neighbors are buying mourning "against the King's death."
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