Autograph letter signed with initials : Hans Place [London], to Cassandra Austen, [1815] Oct. 17-18.

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Autograph letter signed with initials : Hans Place [London], to Cassandra Austen, [1815] Oct. 17-18.

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Thanking her for her two letters; saying that she is glad "the new Cook begins so well"; discussing a letter she received from the publisher [John] Murray in which he "wants to have the Copyright of MP [Mansfield Park] & SS [Sense and Sensibility]"; commenting on the weather and visitors; describing her brother Henry's illness and its treatment; noting that she wants to return to Chawton as soon as possible and will "send down a parcel by Collier on Saturday."

1 item (4 p., with address) ; 23.3 cm.

Pierpont Morgan Library.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7912161

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