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	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	28A11	See Annual Return 2022