Autograph letter signed, written with every word spelled backwards : Notwahc [Chawton], to her niece Cassandra Austen, [1817] Jan. 8.

Record ID: 
81446
Accession number: 
MA 1034.6
Author: 
Austen, Jane, 1775-1817.
Date: 
[1817] Jan. 8.
Credit: 
Purchased by J.P. Morgan, Jr., 1925.
Description: 
1 item (1 p., with address) ; 22.4 cm
Notes: 

Addressed to Capt. C.J. Austen RN, 22, Keppel Street, Russel Square, London.
High reserve.
Part of a collection that includes manuscripts, letters, and notes in Jane Austen's autograph. The collection also includes letters addressed to Austen by James Stanier Clarke and a steel engraving of Austen. Items in the collection are described in 12 individual records (MA 1034.1-12).
With postmark and seal.

Inscriptions/Markings: 

Watermark: Countermark: Gater 1815, on sheet with Austen letter, possibly envelope.

Summary: 

Sending her birthday greetings.