Autograph letter signed : Godmersham, to Cassandra Austen, [1813] Sept. 23-24.

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Autograph letter signed : Godmersham, to Cassandra Austen, [1813] Sept. 23-24.

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Commenting on fabrics and clothes; noting their visitors at Godmersham and her own visits in the neighborhood; reporting on her health and her mother's health; describing plans for members of the household to go to Goodnestone for a fair. The letter also includes allusions to Fanny Burney's The wanderer and a poem by William Cowper.

1 item (4 p.) ; 23 cm.

Pierpont Morgan Library.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7425573

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