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Add MS 41253 A-B

Record Id:
032-002093271
Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
032-002093271
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ISAD(G)
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Add MS 41253 A-B
Title:

LETTERS AND PAPERS of and relating to Jane Austen. The collection forms part of a larger one previously in the possession of Rear-Admiral Charles John Austen (1779-1852); see R. W. Chapman's introduction to J. E. Austen-Leigh, Memoir of Jane Austen, Oxford, 1926, pp. x, xi, and Times Literary Supplement, 14 Jan. 1926, where a full inventory of the papers is given (bound up here as f. i). The latter is cited in the body of this description as "List." In two parts, bound in one with a single foliation, as follows :-

Scope & Content:

includes:

  • f. 1 Jane Austen, novelist: Letter to her sister C. E. Austen: [1801].
  • ff. 1, 16, 17 (?), 20 Cassandra Elizabeth Austen, sister of Jane Austen: Letters to, from members of her family: 19th cent.
  • ff. 3, 19 (extract) Jane Austen, novelist: Correspondence with her brother C. J. Austen: [1817], 1815.
  • ff. 3, 19 (extract) Captain Charles John Austen, RN: Correspondence with his sister. Jane Austen: [1817], 1815.
  • f. 4 b Captain Charles John Austen, RN: Endorsement in hand of: 19th cent.
  • ff. 5-7 Jane Austen, novelist: Opinions of Mansfield Park. by relatives and friends of, in her autogr.: [aft. 1813].
  • f. 9 Jane Austen, novelist: Opinions of Emma by relatives and friends of, in her autogr.: [aft. 1813].
  • ff. 12, 13 Crosby and Co; publishers, London: Correspondence with Jane Austen: 1809.
  • ff. 12 (autogr. copy), 13 Jane Austen, novelist: Correspondence with Crosby and Co.: 1809.
  • f. 14 Cassandra Elizabeth Austen, sister of Jane Austen: Extracts from Lockhart's Life of Sir Walter Scott in hand of: 19th cent.
  • f. 15 Cassandra Elizabeth Austen, sister of Jane Austen: Note by: [1842?].
  • f. 16 Robert Southey, poet: Opinion of Jane Austen's work: n.d.
  • ff. 16, 20 Reverend Henry Thomas Austen, brother of Jane Austen: Letter (imperf.), and postscript to a letter, to his sister C. E. Austen, n.d.: 1837.
  • f. 18 Catherine Stepney, formerly Manners; widow of Sir T Stepney, 9th Baronet: Note conc. her novel The Heir Presumptive: [aft. 1835].
  • f. 18 Reverend Henry Thomas Austen, brother of Jane Austen: Note in hand of: [1835?].
  • f. 20 Eleanor Austen, wife of Reverend H Austen: Letter to her sister-inlaw C. E. Austen: 1837.

Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Project / Collection:
Additional Manuscripts
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Add MS 41253 A : 1. Letter from Jane Austen to her sister Cassandra, dated "Manydown Wednesday Febry: 11th" [1801]. Hologr. Printed by R. W.…
Add MS 41253 B : 1. Autograph copy of a letter from Jane Austen to Messrs. Crosby and Co., publishers, of Stationers' Hall Court, London, dated…

 

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Record Type (Level):
Fonds
Extent:
2 items
Digitised Content:
Languages:
English
Scripts:
Latin
Start Date:
1801
End Date:
1842
Date Range:
[1801-1842]
Era:
CE
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Exhibitions:
Romantics and Victorians, (online), 20 February 2014-
Material Type:
Archives and Manuscripts
Legal Status:
Not Public Record(s)
Notes:
Opinions by various people on Jane Austen's work. Exhibited: Romantics and Victorians, (online), 20 February 2014-
Names:
Austen, Cassandra Elizabeth, sister of Jane Austen (Subject)
Austen, Charles John, Captain; RN (Subject)
Austen, Eleanor, wife of Reverend H Austen (Subject)
Austen, Henry Thomas, Reverend; brother of Jane Austen (Subject)
Austen, Jane, novelist, 1775-1817, (Subject)
   see also http://isni.org/isni/000000012283635X
Crosby and Co, publishers, London (Subject)
Southey, Robert, poet, 1774-1843 (Subject)
Stepney, Catherine, formerly Manners; widow of Sir T Stepney, 9th Baronet (Subject)