BIB_ID
282341
Accession number
MA 977.32
Creator
Austen, Jane, 1775-1817, sender.
Credit line
Purchased by J.P. Morgan, Jr. in 1920.
Description
1 item (4 pages) ; 23 cm x 36.8 cm (unfolded)
Notes
With postmark and red wax seal, addressed to Miss Austen, Chawton, Alton, Hants [Hampshire].
Includes cross-writing: postscripts on p. 2.
The first three pages of the letter are written on Thursday, Sept. 23; "Friday" appears at the top of p. 4.
The postmark date is illegible; 1813 is based on September 23 being a Thursday.
Forms part of a collection of 41 letters from Austen to her sister and two prints (MA 977.1-43).
High reserve.
Includes cross-writing: postscripts on p. 2.
The first three pages of the letter are written on Thursday, Sept. 23; "Friday" appears at the top of p. 4.
The postmark date is illegible; 1813 is based on September 23 being a Thursday.
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 "1810".
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
Commenting on fabrics and clothes; noting their visitors at Godmersham and her own visits in the neighborhood; reporting on her health and her mother's health; describing plans for members of the household to go to Goodnestone for a fair. The letter also includes allusions to Fanny Burney's The wanderer and a poem by William Cowper.
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