Autograph letter signed : Southampton, to Cassandra Austen, 1808 Dec. 9.

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Autograph letter signed : Southampton, to Cassandra Austen, 1808 Dec. 9.

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Expressing her intention "to go to as many Balls as possible" before leaving the neighborhood; describing "Our Ball," an event at which there were "many dozen young Women standing by without partners, & each of them with two ugly naked shoulders" and she danced with a man who "seems so little at home in the English Language that I beleive [sic] his black eyes may be the best of him"; asking if Cassandra knows of a place for a servant; reporting that their uncle and aunt are going to allow their brother James £100 a year.

1 item (4 p.) ; 23.1 cm.

Pierpont Morgan Library.

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