BIB_ID
81056
Accession number
MA 3610
Creator
Austen Leigh, A. (Augustus), 1840-1905.
Display Date
[1889] December 3.
Credit line
Gift of Mrs. April Axton, 1977.
Description
1 item (3 pages) ; 17.7 x 11.4 cm
Notes
Embossed letterhead: "The Lodge,/ Kings College,/ Cambridge."
Summary
Regarding an extract from a manuscript book of family reminiscences and written by Miss Lefroy, great niece of Jane Austen; clarifying that in the extract Miss Lefroy is largely quoting from her mother, Anna Austen, the niece of Jane Austen, who "appears to have known Steventon Rectory well"; explaining that the copy has been made by his eldest brother and giving Adams permission to use it "if you think it worth inserting in your book."
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