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Add MS 41253 B
- Record Id:
- 040-002093273
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002093271
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000001486.0x000204
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 41253 B
- Title:
- Scope & Content:
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1. Autograph copy of a letter from Jane Austen to Messrs. Crosby and Co., publishers, of Stationers' Hall Court, London, dated "April 5. 1809," with their reply, dated "London Ap 8 1809." Her letter, which is written under the pseudonym of Mrs. Ashton Dennis, relates to the -non-publication by Messrs. Crosby of a novel, "Susan" Northanger Abbey; see The Novels of Jane Austen, ed. R. W. Chapman, vol. v, pp. xi, xii] offered to them in 1803. Both printed by R. W. Chapman (who describes the copy as 'not autograph'), Jane Austen's Letters, nos. 67, 67a, pp. 263, 264. List, no. 11. f. 12.
2. Opinions by various people of Jane Austen's work, viz. (a) Extracts, in the hand of Cassandra Austen, from J. G. Lockhart's Life of Sir Walter Scott; see op. cit., ed. 1903, vols. viii, pp. 268, 269, x, p. 126. List, no. 19a. f. 14;-(b) Portion of a letter from [the Rev. Henry Thomas Austen] to his sister Cassandra Austen containing a story of the poet Southey's praise of their sister's work, n.d. On f. 15, on the back of an envelope bearing the date 20 June 1842 and addressed to Cassandra Austen, is a note in her hand:- "Southey's praise of Miss J. A.'s Novels at; repeated by Mr H. Sandford." List, no. 19b. f. 16;-(c) Scrap of a letter to [Cassandra Austen ?] in which R. B. Sheridan's praise of Pride and Prejudice is reported on the authority of a Miss Shirreff, together with a note (f. 18) in the Rev. Henry Austen's hand from the "Standard Feb. 14" mentioning [Catharine] Lady Stepney's novel, "The Heir Presumptive," published 1835, in connection with Jane Austen's work. List, no. 19c. f. 17;-
(d) Extract from a letter from [Charles John Austen] to Jane Austen, dated "Palermo May 6th. 1815," mentioning the praise given to her work by a nephew of Charles James Fox. List, no. 19d. f. 19;-
(e) Letter from Eleanor Austen, wife of the Rev. Henry Thomas Austen, to her sister-in-law, Cassandra Austen, dated "Yeovilton Rectory 8. Aug. 1837," with a postscript in the hand of [Henry] T[homas] A[usten]. List, no. 19e. f. 20. Paper; ff. i + 21. Folio. 41253 B presented by J. Pierpont Morgan, Esq.
includes:
- f. 14 Sir Walter Scott, Baronet; author: Extracts from J. G. Lockhart's life of, rel. to Jane Austen: 19th cent.
- f. 17 Richard Brinsley Sheridan: Praise of Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice: 19th cent.: Copy.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Additional Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002093271
040-002093273 - Is part of:
- Add MS 41253 A-B : LETTERS AND PAPERS of and relating to Jane Austen. The collection forms part of a larger one previously in the possession…
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… - Hierarchy:
- 032-002093271[0002]/040-002093273
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Add MS 41253 A-B
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 item
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1809
- End Date:
- 1842
- Date Range:
- 1809-1842
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- Custodial History:
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John Pierpont Morgan, banker: Presented: in 1925.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Morgan, John Pierpont, banker (Former owner)
Scott, Walter, Baronet, author, 1771-1832, (Subject)
see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000121441874
Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, of Add MS 40757 (Subject)