BIB_ID
282350
Accession number
MA 977.34
Creator
Austen, Jane, 1775-1817, sender.
Credit line
Purchased by J.P. Morgan, Jr. in 1920.
Description
1 item (4 pages) ; 22.9 x 37.2 cm (unfolded)
Notes
With postmark and red wax seal, addressed to Miss Austen, 10 Henrietta Street, Covent Garden, London.
Forms part of a collection of 41 letters from Austen to her sister and two prints (MA 977.1-43).
High reserve.
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: "W TURNER & Son 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
Expressing her happiness that her brother Henry's health is improving and offering to spend time with him in London; giving details of her brother Edward's travel plans; describing a trip to Canterbury with Edward; alluding to the second printing of Sense and sensibility.
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