Letter from Jane Austen to her sister Cassandra, 1799 June 11 [manuscript]

Creator
Austen, Jane, 1775-1817
Call Number
MS 760
Created/Published
[1799]
Extent
4 p.
Items
4
Scope and Content
Jane Austen's handwritten letter to her sister Cassandra. The letter was written from 13 Queen Square, Bath, Avon, to sister Cassandra Austen at Steventon, Overton, Hampshire.
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Physical Context
MS 760-Papers of Edward Augustus Petherick, 1756-1917 (bulk 1870-1914) [manuscript]./Class MS 760/Series 18/Item 12-18/Item 12-12a
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13. Queen Square Tuesday June 11th  

My dear Cassandra,  

Your letter yesterday made me very happy.  

am heartily glad that you have escaped any share in  

the Impurities of Deane, and not sorry as it turns out that  

our stay here has been lengthened.— feel tolerably secure  

of our getting away next week, tho' it is certainly possible  

that we may remain till Thursday the 27th. —I wonder what  

we shall do with all our intended visits this summer.  

should like to make compromise with Adlestrop, Hardon  

Bootham that Martha’s spending the summer at  

Steventon should be considered as our respective visits  

to them all.— Edward has been pretty well for this last  

week as the waters have never disagreed with him  

in any respect, we are inclined to hope that he will  

derive advantage from them in the end;—every body  

encourages us in this expectation, for they all say that  

the effect of the Waters cannot be negative, many  

are the instances in which their benefit is felt af-  

terwards more than on the spot. —He is more com-  

fortable here than thought he would be, so is  

Eliz: — tho' they will both believe be very glad to  

get away, the latter especially — which one can't  

wonder at somehow. — So much for Mrs Prozzi. — had some  

thoughts of writing the whole of my letter in her stile,  

They do not seem to trouble you much from  

Mannydown; have long wanted to quarrel  

with them, believe shall take this opportunity. There is  

no denying that they are very capriscious – for they like to enjoy  

in  

their older Sisters company  

when they can.  

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Austen, Jane & Austen, Cassandra. (1799). Letter from Jane Austen to her sister Cassandra, Retrieved April 22, 2025, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-229629481

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Austen, Jane and Austen, Cassandra. Letter from Jane Austen to her sister Cassandra, : , 1799. Web. 22 April 2025 <http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-229629481>

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Austen, Jane & Austen, Cassandra. 1799, Letter from Jane Austen to her sister Cassandra, , viewed 22 April 2025 http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-229629481

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