BIB_ID
282740
Accession number
MA 7304
Creator
Austen, Fanny, 1790-1814.
Display Date
1814 Feb. 16.
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Description
1 item (4 pages) ; 23.4 cm
Notes
Letter dated at head: Commissioners February 16th.
Postmark and remains of seal; addressed: Miss Palmer / 22 Keppel Street / Russell Square / London.
Written while staying in the Commissioner's House in Sheerness.
Postmark and remains of seal; addressed: Miss Palmer / 22 Keppel Street / Russell Square / London.
Written while staying in the Commissioner's House in Sheerness.
Summary
Recommending a dose of magnesia for "Dear little Fanny" and inquiring after her sister's health; expressing her disappointment at being unable to come to London for her daughter Harriet's birthday ("you well know the uncertainty of Naval people, & that their private arrangements must yield to public duty"); sending and receiving of packets and provisions and making purchases of cloth.
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