BIB_ID
282344
Accession number
MA 977.33
Creator
Austen, Jane, 1775-1817, sender.
Credit line
Purchased by J.P. Morgan, Jr. in 1920.
Description
1 item (4 pages) ; 22.8 x 37.2 cm
Notes
With postmark and wafer, addressed to Miss Austen, Chawton, Alton, Hants [Hampshire].
The first two pages are written on Monday, Oct. 11; "Tuesday" appears at the top of p. 3.
Includes two lines between the date and the salutation: "My dearest At: Cass -- I have just asked At: Jane to let me write a little in her letter but she does not like it so I won't -- good bye." This is probably in the hand of Edward Austen's daughter Fanny.
Forms part of a collection of 41 letters from Austen to her sister and two prints (MA 977.1-43).
High reserve.
The first two pages are written on Monday, Oct. 11; "Tuesday" appears at the top of p. 3.
Includes two lines between the date and the salutation: "My dearest At: Cass -- I have just asked At: Jane to let me write a little in her letter but she does not like it so I won't -- good bye." This is probably in the hand of Edward Austen's daughter Fanny.
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
Describing a dinner party; lamenting the stormy weather for outdoor events like the Basingstoke Races and "Weyhill week"; mentioning various visitors and others they are expecting to visit; discussing her nephews; giving her opinion of Mary Brunton's Self control and saying she will read Southey's Life of Nelson if her brother Frank is mentioned in it; responding to queries and comments in her sister's last letter.
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