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Letter from Jane Austen, place of writing not identified, to James Stanier Clarke, 1815 November 15 : copy of autograph manuscript.

BIB_ID
80860
Accession number
MA 1034.7
Creator
Austen, Jane, 1775-1817, sender.
Credit line

Purchased by J.P. Morgan, Jr., 1925.

Description

1 item (1 page) ; 8.8 x 11.4 cm

Notes

Part of a collection that includes manuscripts, letters, and notes in Jane Austen's autograph. The collection also includes letters addressed to Austen by James Stanier Clarke and a steel engraving of Austen. Items in the collection are described in 12 individual records (MA 1034.1-12).
High reserve.
A line at the top reads: "Copy of my Letter to Mr. Clarke, Nov: 15--1815".

Provenance

Cassandra Austen; by descent to her niece, Cassandra Esten Austen; by descent to her five nieces, Jane, Emma Florence, Frances Cecilia, Edith, and Blanche Frederica Austen; offered for sale by Jane, Emma Florence, and Blanche Frederica Austen through R.W. Chapman in 1925; purchased by J.P. Morgan, Jr., 1925.

Summary

Concerning the proper procedure for dedicating Emma to the Prince Regent.