BIB_ID
282367
Accession number
MA 977.40
Creator
Austen, Jane, 1775-1817, sender.
Credit line
Purchased by J.P. Morgan, Jr. in 1920.
Description
1 item (3 pages) ; 22.8 x 37 cm (unfolded)
Notes
With postmark and blue wafer, addressed to Miss Austen, Chawton, Alston, Hants [Hampshire]; written from Hans Place.
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: John Hall 1814.
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
Discussing her brother Henry's return and their activities in London; mentioning various visitors.
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