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Austen, Jane, (1775-1817), novelist

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Surname: Austen
Forenames: Jane
Gender: Female
Date: 1775-1817
Biography: ODNB link for Austen, Jane (1775-1817) Novelist
Name authority reference: GB/NNAF/P141549 (Former ISAAR ref: GB/NNAF/P1021 )
Online related resources Bibliography of British and Irish History link for Jane Austen
Collections
Number Description Held by Reference Further information
1
1796-1817: corresp and papers (c60 items)
The Morgan Library
See NUC MS 84-2127
2
'Volume the Third' (juvenilia)
British Library, Manuscript Collections
Add MS 65381
3
1816: MS of final chapters of Persuasion
British Library, Manuscript Collections
Eg MS 3038
4
c1801-15: misc corresp and papers
British Library, Manuscript Collections
Add MS 41253
5
Volume the First
Oxford University: Bodleian Library, Special Collections
MS Don e 7
6
Volume the Second
British Library, Manuscript Collections
Add MS 59874
7
1805-13: letters to her brother FW Austen
British Library, Manuscript Collections
Add MS 42180
8
1816: letter to her nephew, James Edward Austen-Leigh (1798-1894)
British Library, Manuscript Collections
Add MS 89437
See Annual Return 2020
9
1815: letter to her niece Caroline Austen, at Steventon, and portion of a letter from Austen while staying in London, to her niece Anna Lefroy, with covering notes as to whereabouts of other portions of the letter between period 1869 and 1931
Hampshire Archives and Local Studies
28A11
See Annual Return 2021
10
1796-1813: holograph letters (2) to sister Cassandra Austen
Oxford University: Bodleian Library, Special Collections
MS. 21838
See Annual Return 2022
11
1798: letter to her sister ('My dear Cassandra'), who was staying with their brother Edward at Godmersham Park, Kent, autographed with her initials, Oct 1798 (bound in a volume, with slip-case)
Hampshire Archives and Local Studies
28A11
See Annual Return 2022