Plan your visit. 225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street, New York, NY 10016.

Plan your visit. 225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street, New York, NY 10016.

Autograph letter signed, written with every word spelled backwards : Notwahc [Chawton], to her niece Cassandra Austen, [1817] Jan. 8.

BIB_ID
81446
Accession number
MA 1034.6
Creator
Austen, Jane, 1775-1817.
Display Date
[1817] Jan. 8.
Credit line
Purchased by J.P. Morgan, Jr., 1925.
Description
1 item (1 p., with address) ; 22.4 x 18.8 cm
Notes
Addressed to Capt. C.J. Austen RN, 22, Keppel Street, Russel Square, London.
High reserve.
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).
With postmark and seal.
Inscriptions/Markings
Watermark: Countermark: Gater 1815, on sheet with Austen letter, possibly envelope.
Summary
Sending her birthday greetings.