Autograph letter signed : Bath, to Cassandra Austen, 1801 May 21-22.

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Autograph letter signed : Bath, to Cassandra Austen, 1801 May 21-22.

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Lamenting that the family's "views on G.P. Buildings seem all at an end" because the houses there are damp and may cause "putrid fevers"; answering enquiries from her sister's last letter; describing her friendship with Mrs. Chamberlayne and visits from various acquaintances; complaining that "the whole World is in a conspiracy to enrich one part of our family at the expense of another." Includes a reference to William Godwin: a Mr. Pickford "is as raffish in his appearance as I would wish every Disciple of Godwin to be."

1 item (4 p.) ; 23.2 cm.

Pierpont Morgan Library.

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