BIB_ID
80979
Accession number
MA 2911.3
Creator
Austen, Jane, 1775-1817, sender.
Credit line
Bequest of Alberta H. Burke, 1975.
Description
1 item (4 pages, with address) ; 22.4 cm
Notes
With remnant of blue wafer.
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: John Hayes 1809.
Provenance
Descended in Francis William-Austen family; Sale : Sotheby's, 31 July-1 August 1933; Alberta H. Burke.
Summary
About social plans, the weather, shared acquaintances, and a recent letter by the Princess of Wales.
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