Autograph letter signed : Southampton, to Cassandra Austen, 1809 Jan. 24.

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Autograph letter signed : Southampton, to Cassandra Austen, 1809 Jan. 24.

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Mentioning a letter she has received from her brother Charles; expressing pleasure that her niece Fanny is enjoying her letters, but expressing concern that "the knowlege of my being exposed to her discerning Criticism, may not hurt my stile"; complaining about a leaking closet; commenting on her mother's attempts to get her servants to move with them to Chawton; describing a ball; noting the death of Sir John Moore in Spain. The letter also contains references to Hannah More's Coelebs in search of a wife, Burney's Cecilia, "Ed. Cooper's Sermons," Homer, Virgil, and Ovid.

1 item (4 p.) ; 23.1 cm.

Pierpont Morgan Library.

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