BIB_ID
282338
Accession number
MA 977.30
Creator
Austen, Jane, 1775-1817, sender.
Credit line
Purchased by J.P. Morgan, Jr. in 1920.
Description
1 item (4 pages) ; 23 x 37.8 cm (unfolded)
Notes
With postmark and seal, addressed to Miss Austen, Edw Austen's Esqr, Godmersham Park, Faversham.
"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.
"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.
Inscriptions/Markings
Watermark: Horn inside shield over letters "R&T".
Provenance
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.
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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