Purchased by J.P. Morgan, Jr., 1925.
1 item (1 page) ; 22.4 x 18.8 cm
With postmark and mark of wafer.
Addressed to Capt. C.J. Austen RN, 22, Keppel Street, Russel Square, London.
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.
Written with every word spelled backwards.
Watermark: Countermark: "Gater 1815".
Descended in Charles-John Austen to his granddaughters and sold by them (ca. 1925) to J.P. Morgan.
Sending her birthday greetings; recounting six cousins visiting yesterday and saying today is "elttil Yssac's" [little Cassy's, Cassandra Eliza Austen] third birthday; saying Frank is learning Latin; feeding the robin everyday; mentioning Sally Benham's new green gown and Harriet Knight reading to Aunt Cassandra who sends her love.