Copy of a letter : Steventon, to her niece Anna Austen, [1812 Oct.] | WorldCat.org (original) (raw)

Summary:Sending her thanks; joking about a book they read recently; alluding to an incident in which the Alton coach was overturned

Manuscript, English, 1812

Physical Description:1 item (3 pages) ; 17.6 cm

OCLC Number / Unique Identifier:270129680

Notes:

Several different copies of this letter exist. This copy was apparently made by Fanny Caroline Lefroy, the recipient's daughter. She notes that she gave the original letter to "Cholmeley Austen Leigh for his Collection of Autographs."

With a second sheet of paper (1 p.) containing two short paragraphs (8 and 6 lines) and the note that this is a "copy of the scrap of Aunt Jane's writing I sent Mrs. Clement Lefroy, Feb. 5, [18]77."