Autograph letter signed : London, to Cassandra Austen, 1814 Mar. 5-8.

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Autograph letter signed : London, to Cassandra Austen, 1814 Mar. 5-8.

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Mentioning expected visitors and people she has visited; discussing mourning gowns; giving Henry Austen's opinion of Mansfield Park; commenting on household matters; making travel plans; describing a visit from Edward and Fanny. The letter also mentions that she is reading Byron's Corsair and that they are going to see Charles Coffey's The devil to pay, the opera Artaxerxes, and Charles Dibdin's The farmer's wife.

1 item (6 p., with address) ; 22.8 cm.

Pierpont Morgan Library.

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