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Plan your visit. 225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street, New York, NY 10016.

Profits of my novels, over & above the £600 in the Navy Fives : autograph note, [ca. 1817 Mar.].

BIB_ID
81568
Accession number
MA 1034.5
Creator
Austen, Jane, 1775-1817.
Display Date
[ca. 1817 Mar.].
Credit line
Purchased by J.P. Morgan, Jr., 1925.
Description
1 item (1 p.) ; 9.4 x 11.4 cm
Notes
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).
Provenance
Cassandra Austen; by descent to her niece, Cassandra Esten Austen; by descent to her five nieces, Jane, Emma Florence, Frances Cecilia, Edith, and Blanche Frederica Austen; offered for sale by Jane, Emma Florence, and Blanche Frederica Austen through R.W. Chapman in 1925; purchased by J.P. Morgan, Jr., 1925.
Summary
Listing profits from Mansfield Park, Sense and Sensibility, and Emma.