BIB_ID
282354
Accession number
MA 977.35
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.
Most of the first three pages are written on Saturday, Nov. 6; "Sunday" appears near the bottom of p.3.
Forms part of a collection of 41 letters from Austen to her sister and two prints (MA 977.1-43).
High reserve.
Most of the first three pages are written on Saturday, Nov. 6; "Sunday" appears near the bottom of p.3.
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
Describing a trip to Chilham Castle and visits from friends; mentioning the second edition of Sense and Sensibility and reporting that someone gave a copy to the writer Elizabeth Hamilton; discussing Henry Austen's health. The letter also mentions the poet George Crabbe.
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