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Letter from Jane Austen, Chawton, Anne Sharp, 1817 May 22 : autograph manuscript signed.

BIB_ID
80978
Accession number
MA 2911.9
Creator
Austen, Jane, 1775-1817, sender.
Credit line

Bequest of Alberta H. Burke, 1975.

Description

1 item (4 pages) ; 22.7 x 37.4 cm

Notes

With postmark and black wax seal; year is from postmark.
Addressed to "Miss Sharp, South Parade, Doncaster."
Watermark: Kingsford 1814.
Part of a collection of 8 autograph letters from Jane Austen, 2 autograph letters from Cassandra Austen, a memorandum of accounts in Jane Austen's hand, and a memorandum in Cassandra's hand concerning the dates of composition of Jane Austen's novels. Items in the collection are described in 12 individual records (MA 2911.1-12).
High reserve.

Inscriptions/Markings

Watermark: Countermark: "Kingsford 1814".

Provenance

Given to Dr. Zechariah Sillar before 1853; by descent to Miss A.L. Sillar; Winifred Bavington; sale (Sotheby's, 8 Feb. 1954); Henry G. and Alberta H. Burke.

Summary

About Austen's illness and efforts to restore her health.