tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37374024280768961482024-03-13T09:44:14.745-07:00Miss Jane Austen... In Real Life"Life is Short... Break the Rules, Forgive Quickly, Kiss Slowly, Love Truly, Laugh Uncontrollably, And Never Regret Anything that Made You Smile! Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you did not do than by the ones you did. So throw off the bowlines, Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover." - Mark TwainMiss Jane Austen... In Real Lifehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00834133752486151354noreply@blogger.comBlogger210125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3737402428076896148.post-30396389067914357052015-04-26T14:44:00.000-07:002015-04-26T14:44:21.045-07:00Letter Fifteen, Post TwoSunday 26 April 2015<br />
To Cassandra, from Steventon, "Frank had not heard from any of us for ten weeks, when he wrote to me on the 12th of November, in consequence of Lord St Vincents being removed to Gibraltar.-When his Commission is sent however, it will not be so long on its' road as our letters, because all the Government dispatches are forwarded by Land to his Lordship from Lisbon, with great regularity.-" - Jane Austen, Monday 24-Wendesday 26 December 1798<br />
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John Jervis, 1st Earl of St Vincent.<br />
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Lord St Vincent had been promoted to the Admiral of the blue and appointed to command the Mediterranean Fleet where he took the Victory as his flag ship.<br />
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This is so sweet, Jane was excited for Frank to know of his upcoming promotion.<br />
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Frank was born between Cassandra and Jane. He was just about a year younger than Cassandra and just about a year older than Jane, so they were probably close. It seems the entire family was close except for their brother George, Jane never mentions George in her letters.<br />
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I hope you enjoy your day today!<br />
TerrieMiss Jane Austen... In Real Lifehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00834133752486151354noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3737402428076896148.post-71141079318732643752015-04-25T14:23:00.000-07:002015-04-25T14:23:04.689-07:00Letter Fifteen, Post One<br />
To Cassandra, From Steventon, Monday Night Dec:r 24th,<br />
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I have got some Pleasant news for you, which I am eager to communicate, & therefore begin my letter sooner, tho' I shall not <em>send</em> it sooner than usual. - Admiral Gambier in reply to my father's application writes as follows.-'As it is usual to keep young officers in small vessels, it being most proper on account of their inexperience, & it being also a situation where they are more in the way of learning their Duty, Your Son has been continued in the Scorpion; but I have mentioned to the Board of Admiralty his wish to be in a Frigate, and when a proper opportunity offers & it is judged that he has taken his Turn in a small Ship, I hope he will be removed.-With regard to your Son now in the London, I am glad I can give you the assurance that his promotion is likely to take place very soon, as Lord Spencer has been so good as to say he would include him in an arrangement that he proposes making in a short time relative to some promotions in that quarter.'-There! I may now finish my letter, & go hang myself for I am sure I can neither write nor do anything which will not appear insipid to you after this.-<em>Now</em> I really think he will soon be made, & only wish we could communicate our fore-knowledge of the Event, to him whom it principally concerns.-My father has written to Daysh to desire that he will inform us if he can, when the Commission is sent.-Your chief wish is now ready to be accomplished; & could Lord Spencer give happiness to Martha at the same time, what a joyful heart he would make of Yours!-I have sent the same extract of the sweets of Gambier to Charles, who poor fellow! tho' he sinks into nothing but an humble attendant on the Hero of the piece, will I hope be contented with the prospect held out to him.-By what the Admiral [p.2] says it appears as if he had been designedly kept in the Scorpion-. But I will not torment myself with Conjectures and suppositions; Facts shall satisfy me." - Jane Austen, Monday 24-Wednesday 26 December 1798<br />
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Whew, that was along entry and with no paragraphs! Let's see, where to begin... Admiral Gambier, (1756-1833), he was Admiral and first Baron; one the Lords of the Admiralty. For more information on him check Letter Fourteen, Post Three.<br />
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George John Spencer, (1758-1834), 2nd Earl and First Lord of the Admiralty 1794-1801. He served under William Pitt the Younger and Lord Grenville. It seems that the Austen's had some pretty influential connections.<br />
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Mr. George Daysh was a clerk in the Ticket Office, Navy Office, London, 1778-1821. He must have somehow been an acquaintance with Mr. Austen since Mr. Austen felt comfortable enough with him to make such a request.<br />
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Frank was the older brother on the London at this time. It seems that Jane and Cassandra were playing matchmaker between Frank and Martha Lloyd which is why Jane was hoping to make Martha happy with the news of Frank's promotion as well as Cassandra. There efforts did not work right away, Frank married Mary Gibson 24 July 1806. They had six sons and five daughters, but Mary died 15 July 1823. Frank did end up marrying Martha but not until 24 July 1828, some thirty years later. It is interesting that he married both ladies on 24 July.<br />
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I hope you enjoy your day today!<br />
TerrieMiss Jane Austen... In Real Lifehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00834133752486151354noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3737402428076896148.post-41971166601025025272015-04-24T23:54:00.001-07:002015-04-24T23:54:40.369-07:00Letter Fourteen, Post Twenty-fourFriday 24 April 2015<br />
To Cassandra, from Steventon, "-I have just heard from Martha, & Frank-his letter was written on the 12th Nov:r-all well, & nothing particular."<br />
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Miss Austen<br />
Godmersham Park<br />
Faversham<br />
Kent" - Jane Austen, Wednesday 19 December 1798<br />
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So we finished letter fourteen today. (Over a year in the making-sorry about that.)<br />
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I read somewhere that Jane Austen had quite a correspondence list and she wrote over three thousand letters in her lifetime. It is a shame people do not write hand-written letters any more, at least no one I know. If e-mail had existed in Jane Austen's time we might not have this insight into her world.<br />
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I have a little book called <i>Gift of a Letter</i> written by Alexandra Stoddard. It is one of my favorites. In it Alexandra Stoddard states, "Letters give life a rich dimension. They can be saved, savored, reread and treasured for hundreds of years." She is so right about that.<br />
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This is such a sweet book. If you have not read it, I would recommend it. Maybe we can all get inspired to surprise someone with a letter.<br />
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I hope you enjoyed your day today,<br />
TerrieMiss Jane Austen... In Real Lifehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00834133752486151354noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3737402428076896148.post-48596255799234000172014-10-07T23:22:00.000-07:002014-10-07T23:22:33.429-07:00Letter Fourteen, Post Twenty-threeTuesday 7 October 2014<br />
"To Cassandra, from Steventon, "I have been forced to let James & Miss Debary have two sheets of your Drawing paper, but they sha'nt have any more. - There are not above 3 or 4 left, besides one of a smaller & richer sort. -Perhaps you may want some more if you come thro' Town in your return, or rather buy some more, for your wanting it will not depend on your coming thro' Town I imagine." - Jane Austen, Wednesday 19 December 1798<br />
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James would be her eldest brother and Miss Ann Debary (1763-1834) was the nurse/nanny. Miss Debary was at the James Austen's to help with Mary and the baby.<br />
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Jane refers to London as Town as in the dinner scene at Rosings Park and in Pride and Prejudice, chapter 29.<br />
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I hope you enjoy your day today!<br />
Terrie<br />
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<br />Miss Jane Austen... In Real Lifehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00834133752486151354noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3737402428076896148.post-84367215756414660802014-10-06T19:53:00.000-07:002014-10-06T19:53:21.927-07:00Letter Fourteen, Post Twenty-TwoMonday 6 October 2014<br />
To Cassandra, from Steventon, "-I expect a very stupid Ball, there will be nobody worth dancing with, & nobody worth talking to but Catherine; for I beleive Mrs Lefroy will not be there; Lucy is to go with Mrs. Russell. -People get so horridly poor & economical in this part of the World, that I have no patience with them.- Kent is the only place for happiness, Everybody is rich there; -I must do similar justice however to the Windsor neighbourhood." - Jane Austen, Wednesday 19 December 1798<br />
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Miss Jane Austen... In Real Lifehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00834133752486151354noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3737402428076896148.post-51872374643485098842014-10-05T00:57:00.000-07:002014-10-05T00:57:48.390-07:00Letter Fourteen, Post Twenty-oneSunday 5 October 2014<br />
To Cassandra, from Steventon, "-The letter to Gambier goes to day." - Jane Austen, Wednesday 19 December 1798<br />
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Admiral Lord James Gambier<br />
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This letter would have been written to Admiral Lord Gambier, (James Gambier 1756-1833). He was married to Louisa Mathew. She was the daughter of Daniel Mathew.<br />
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Daniel Mathew was the brother of General Edward Mathew who had a daughter-Anne. She was James Austen's first wife.<br />
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So it would seem that Mr. Austen was appealing to his eldest son's first wife's uncle's son-in-law for the advancement of his sailor sons, Frank and Charles. He was successful on Frank's account because in letter sixteen Jane writes to Cassandra, "Frank is made.-He was yesterday raised to the Rank of Commander, & appointed to the Petterel Sloop, now at Gibraltar."<br />
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Talk about networking!<br />
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I hope you enjoy your day today!<br />
TerrieMiss Jane Austen... In Real Lifehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00834133752486151354noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3737402428076896148.post-57659091697414682822014-10-04T09:20:00.000-07:002014-10-04T09:20:26.403-07:00Letter Fourteen, Post Twenty3 October 2014<br />
To Cassandra, from Steventon, "-Martha sends me word that she is too busy to write to me now, & but for your letter, I should have supposed her deep in the study of Medicine preparatory to their removal from Ibthrop." - Jane Austen, Wednesday 19 December 1798<br />
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Martha Lloyd Austen<br />
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Martha Lloyd (1765 to 24 January 1843) was Mary Lloyd Austen's sister. Mary was James Austen's wife. Martha must have sent word to Jane through Mary.<br />
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The words "but for your letter" are written above a longer phrase which Jane had cancelled out.<br />
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Martha was a kind person always helping someone or another. She lived with Mrs. Austen, Cassandra and Jane at Chawton for quite some time and did not marry until 24 July 1828 when she married Sir Francis (Frank) Austen, Jane's older, sailor brother. She never had any children.<br />
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I have written a bit about Martha also. If you are interested here is a link to the search.<br />
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http://allthings-jane-austen.blogspot.com/search?q=martha+lloyd<br />
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I hope you have a good today!<br />
TerrieMiss Jane Austen... In Real Lifehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00834133752486151354noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3737402428076896148.post-90221435058789476172014-10-03T00:45:00.001-07:002014-10-03T00:45:21.128-07:00Letter Fourteen, Post Nineteen3 October 2014<br />
To Cassandra, from Steventon, "-Perhaps I may stay at Manydown as long as Monday, but not longer." - Jane Austen Wednesday 19 December 1798<br />
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Manydown Park had been home to the Bigg-Wither family since 1789 and remained so until it was demolished in 1965. It was six miles from Steventon.<br />
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Jane and Cassandra were friends with Elizabeth, Catherine and Alethea Bigg which might be the reason for her visit to Manydown.<br />
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Their brother Harris Bigg-Wither proposed marriage to Jane in December 1802. She accepted. Harris Bigg-Wither was to inherit at least this estate and one other, Wymering, near Cosham, Hants, that I know of. She thought about it and withdrew her acceptance the next morning. I suppose she just could not marry without love.<br />
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Wymering Manor is known as "Britain's Most Haunted House." Just think, if Jane would have married Harris her books might have taken quite a different tone. Perhaps Mr. Darcy might really have had fangs and General Tilney might really have been hiding his wife's ghost in the upstairs bedroom, you just never know.<br />
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Miss Jane Austen... In Real Lifehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00834133752486151354noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3737402428076896148.post-36187479253879457942014-10-02T04:53:00.000-07:002014-10-02T04:53:51.972-07:00Letter Fourteen, Post Eighteen2 October 2014<br />
To Cassandra, from Steventon, "Mary went to Church [p. 4] on Sunday, & had the weather been smiling, we should have seen her here before this time." - Jane Austen, Wednesday 19 December 1798<br />
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She is referring to Mary Lloyd Austen, James' wife. She had given birth to James Edward-Austen Leigh on November 17, 1798. Jane was letting Cassandra know that Mary was doing well attending church just a month after giving birth.<br />
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Silhouette of Mary Lloyd Austen around 1825, probably done by her son James Edward Austen Leigh.<br />
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I have written a bit about Mary Lloyd Austen so I will not repeat myself.<br />
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http://allthings-jane-austen.blogspot.com/search?q=mary+lloyd+austen+<br />
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I hope you enjoy your day today!<br />
TerrieMiss Jane Austen... In Real Lifehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00834133752486151354noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3737402428076896148.post-2312819375341636152014-10-01T04:04:00.000-07:002014-10-01T04:04:23.056-07:00Letter Fourteen, Post Seventeen1 October 2014<br />
To Cassandra, from Steventon, "-Wednesday.- I have changed my mind, & changed the trimmings of my Cap this morning; they are now such as you suggested;- I felt as if I should not prosper if I strayed from your directions, & I think it makes me look more like Lady Conyngham now than it did before, which is all that one lives for now.-I believe I <i>shall</i> make my new gown like my robe, but the back of the latter is all in a peice with the tail, & will 7 yards enable me to copy it in that respect?" - Jane Austen, Wednesday 19 December 1798<br />
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This entry is very great evidence of the famous quote from Mrs. Austen, "if Cassandra’s head had been going to be cut off, Jane
would have hers cut off too." Cassandra did have a great influence on her.<br />
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Lady Elizabeth Conyngham (<st1:date day="31" month="7" year="1769">31 July 1769</st1:date>
– <st1:date day="11" month="10" year="1861">11 October 1861</st1:date>), became the last mistress of George IV.<br />
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Lady Elizabeth Conyngham<br />
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It is said, "she was considered vulgar, shrewd, greedy, and a voluptuous
woman by aristocratic society, on account of her common background; however,
she attracted lovers and admirers, including the Tsarevitch of Russia, the future Nicholas I."<br />
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And, Princess Dorothea Lieven, whose husband was the Russian Ambassador to London, dismissed her with contempt as
having "not an idea in her head...not a word to say for herself, nothing
but a hand to accept pearls and diamonds, and an enormous balcony to wear them
on." Do you think she might not have been referring to a balcony with a view? (Sorry, I could not resist; a Mrs. Elton moment I think.)<br />
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_Conyngham,_Marchioness_Conyngham<br />
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This letter was written in December 1798. Lady Conyngham had become <i>The Rt Hon.</i> The Countess Conyngham on 27 December 1797 so that might be why Jane Austen would have made this sarcastic reference to her.<br />
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Can you imagine walking around in 7 yards of fabric all day?<br />
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Well, I hope you enjoy your day!<br />
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Miss Jane Austen... In Real Lifehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00834133752486151354noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3737402428076896148.post-8593178324130172352014-03-19T21:58:00.003-07:002014-03-19T21:58:46.845-07:00Letter Fourteen, Post SixteenWednesday 19 March 2014<br />
To Cassandra, from Steventon, "James Digweed has had a very ugly cut-how could it happen?-It happened by a young horse which he had lately purchased, & which he was trying to back into its stable;-the Animal kicked him down with his forefeet, & kicked a great hole in his head;- he scrambled away as soon as he could, but was stunned for a time, & suffered a good deal of pain afterwards.-Yesterday he got up the Horse again, & for fear of something worse, was forced to throw himself off.-" - Jane Austen, Tuesday 18-Wednesday 19 December 1798<br />
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This is just a fun fact, but the Miss Lyford mentioned in the last post would eventually marry James Digweed in June 1803-even with the "great hole in his head."<br />
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James Digweed was born in 1774 so he was about twenty-four at this time. Jane may have given us a little insight into James Digweed's personality when she wrote in letter number fifteen, "We are to have Company to dinner on friday; the three Digweeds and James.-We shall be a nice silent party I suppose." I believe James would have been her brother, James. It is said he was reserved.<br />
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The Digweeds were tenants of Steventon manor-house and estate. The estate was owned by Edward Austen Knight, Jane Austen's brother.<br />
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I suspect this is what the manor house looked like in Jane Austen's time. It has been demolished four times since then. The following link has some interesting information:<br />
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I believe this is what it looks like today. It is a beautiful house.<br />
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I hope you enjoyed your day today!<br />
Terrie<br />
<br />Miss Jane Austen... In Real Lifehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00834133752486151354noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3737402428076896148.post-7721923565169714172014-03-18T11:35:00.001-07:002014-03-18T11:35:44.362-07:00Letter Fourteen, Post FifteenTuesday 18 March 2014<br />
To Cassandra, from Steventon, "Miss Lyford is gone into Suffolk with her Brother & Miss Lodge-. Everybody is now very busy in making up an income for the two latter. Miss Lodge has only 800L of her own, & it is not supposed that her Father can give her much, therefore the good offices of the Neighbourhood will be highly acceptable.-John Lyford means to take pupils.-" - Jane Austen, Tuesday 18-Wednesday 19 December 1798<br />
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Miss Lyford was Mary Susannah Lyford (1772-1840) of Basingstoke. She was the sister to Reverend John Lyford (1769-12 June 1799) and Charles Lyford (1778-1859). Charles followed in his father's footsteps and became a surgeon.<br />
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Reverend John Lyford is the brother mentioned here and I believe the occasion for their leaving Basingstoke was his upcoming marriage to Miss Lodge. He and Miss Jane Lodge married 19 April 1799. Miss Lodge was the daughter of John Lodge of Great Blakenham near Ipswich, Suffolk. She had 800 pounds of her own, which seems like quite a bit for that day, but I am no expert. It seems like I read somewhere that Mr. Austen made just under 700 pounds a year with farming, teaching, and being the rector of two churches. I don't know, but it is very sweet for everyone to be busy making up an income for them.<br />
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For some reason this entry made me think of Cranford. We rented it from Netflix. It is a mini-series about a rural English village in the 1840's. It is just a very sweet story of a neighborhood-very similar to the feel of, how I imagine, Jane Austen's neighborhood would have been. If you have not seen it I would recommend it. Judi Dench is in it, need I say more?<br />
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<br />Miss Jane Austen... In Real Lifehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00834133752486151354noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3737402428076896148.post-62554450546561546002014-03-07T20:15:00.001-08:002014-03-07T20:15:47.468-08:00Letter Fourteen, Post FourteenFriday 7 March 2014<br />
To Cassandra, from Steventon, "The third Miss Irish Lefroy is going to be married to a Mr Courtenay, but whether James or Charles I do not know." - Jane Austen, Tuesday 18-Wednesday 19 December 1798<br />
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The notes in the back of the book say Capt. Thomas Courtenay married Sarah Lefroy 9 May 1799. This information must have come from Madame Lefroy or someone of the neighbors in the Lefroy family.<br />
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Sarah was actually the fourth sister.<br />
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Do you remember the scene towards the end of Becoming Jane when Jane asks Tom how many brothers and sisters he had back in Limerick? Well, here is the answer.<br />
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Tom Lefroy had quite a few brother's and sisters.<br />
1. Lucy Lefroy (1January 1768 to May 1853)<br />
2. Phoebe Lefroy (15 April 1770 to 5 December 1839)<br />
3.Catherine Lefroy (18 September 1771 to 3 September 1805)<br />
4. Sarah Lefroy (18 March 1773 to 1836)<br />
5. Thomas Lefroy (8 January 1776 to 4 May 1869)<br />
6. Anthony Lefroy (19 October 1777 to 7 September 1857)<br />
7. Elizabeth Lefroy (17 April 1780 to 22 July 1867)<br />
8. Benjamin Lefroy (born 5 May 1782)<br />
9. Christopher Lefroy (26 June 1784 to 14 February 1805)<br />
10. Anne Lefroy (born 26 January 1786)<br />
11. Henry Lefroy (5 May 1789 to 29 January 1876)<br />
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I just found a book I have to get.<br />
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This one will become required reading. It came out in 2007. I do not know how I missed it. I have read that some of Mrs. Austen's letters have survived; but I often wonder if any of Cassandra's have survived except for the letter's she wrote concerning Jane's death. Her letter's would be interesting to read also.<br />
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I hope you enjoyed your day today!<br />
TerrieMiss Jane Austen... In Real Lifehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00834133752486151354noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3737402428076896148.post-34298722616790100162014-03-04T13:36:00.002-08:002014-03-04T13:36:55.574-08:00Letter Fourteen, Post ThirteenTuesday 4 March 2014 (already!)<br />
To Cassandra, from Steventon, "My Mother continues hearty, her appetite & nights are good, but her Bowels are still not entirely settled, & she sometimes complains of an Asthma, a Dropsy, Water in her Chest & a Liver Disorder." - Jane Austen, Tuesday 18-Wednesday 19 December 1798<br />
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Poor Mrs. Austen! She had been ill since Mr. Austen, she, and Jane left Godmersham the 24th of October. I noticed Jane capitalized all of her conditions - I wonder if that was consciously done?<br />
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Jane Austen's mother was born in 1739. She was from the Leigh's of Adlestrop, Glos.<br />
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Aldestrop Park owned by the Leigh's since 1553. Some people say this house was the inspiration for Mansfield Park.<br />
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Adlestrop House where Jane Austen's second cousin, Reverend Thomas Leigh (1734-26 June 1813), was the rector.<br />
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Mrs. Austen was the daughter of Reverend Thomas Leigh (1696-1764) and Jane Walker (1704-1768). Her father was the rector of Harpsden near Henley-on-Thames, Oxford.<br />
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St. Margaret's Church, Harpsden, Oxford<br />
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Mrs. Austen grew up in Oxford which is how she met Mr. Austen. He went to Oxford University. They married on 26 April 1764. Mrs. Austen would have been thirty years old, or close to it, when she married Mr. Austen. Interesting, since Anne Elliot would have been considered past the marrying age at twenty-seven in Persuasion. This was also the year Mrs. Austen's father died.<br />
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I will not make another list of their children. I am sure you are familiar with them by now.<br />
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Mrs. Austen passed away 17 January 1827.<br />
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I hope you enjoy your day today!<br />
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TerrieMiss Jane Austen... In Real Lifehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00834133752486151354noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3737402428076896148.post-45102557203762491202014-02-25T12:52:00.000-08:002014-02-25T12:52:30.020-08:00Letter Fourteen, Post TwelveTuesday 25 February 2014<br />
To Cassandra, from Steventon, "We dine now at half after Three, & have done dinner I suppose before you begin-We drink tea at half after six.-I am afraid you will despise us.-My father reads Cowper to us in the evening, to which I listen when I can. How do you spend your Evenings?-I guess that Eliz:th works, that you read to her, & that Edward goes to sleep.-", Jane Austen, Tuesday 18-Wednesday 19 December 1798<br />
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This is such a sweet insight into her daily life... life in the country.<br />
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I have loved the hymn, <i>There Is A Fountain</i>, for so many
years. It may not be one of the most popular hymns, but it brings tears to my
eyes. I did a Google search and discovered that it was written by William
Cowper not long before his death on <st1:date day="25" month="4" year="1800">25
April 1800</st1:date>.<br />
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Jane Austen was a big fan of William Cowper. She quoted him in Sense and
Sensibility, <st1:place><st1:placename>Mansfield</st1:placename> <st1:placetype>Park</st1:placetype></st1:place>,
Emma, and Sanditon. He was her favorite poetical moralist.<br />
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William Cowper, himself, is interesting. He sometimes suffered from melancholia
and depression and spent some time in an asylum. But, Romans 8:28 came into
play in his life. He moved into a little house in <st1:place><st1:city>Olney</st1:city>,
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connected with the parsonage backyard. And, guess who was the reverend of the
parish; it was John Newton, the man who wrote Amazing Grace!<br />
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William Cowper and John Newton became very close friends. They worked together
to write poetry for the services at the parish and collaborated to write a book
called Olney Hymns. This book contains 349 hymns and became one of the most
important contributions to musical worship in Evangelical Christianity.<br />
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"And we know that God causes all things to work together for good to those
who love God, to those who are called according to His purpose."
- Romans 8:28<br />
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William Cowper had bouts of doubt about his salvation and God's love for him,
but one day while sitting alone at his desk after reading Zechariah
13:1-"In that day a fountain will be opened for the house of David and for
the inhabitants of Jerusalem, for sin and for impurity." the Holy Spirit
inspired him to write these words:<br />
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There is a fountain filled with blood<br />
drawn from Immanuel's veins<br />
And sinners plunged beneath that flood<br />
Lose all their guilty stains<br />
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The dying thief rejoiced to see<br />
That fountain in his day;<br />
and there may I, though vile as he<br />
Wash all my sins away<br />
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Dear dying Lamb, thy precious blood<br />
Shall never lose it's power<br />
Till all the ransomed church of God<br />
Are saved, to sin no more<br />
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For since by faith I saw the stream<br />
Thy flowing wounds supply<br />
Redeeming love has been my theme<br />
and shall be till I die<br />
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When this poor lisping,<br />
stammering tongue<br />
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There is a Fountain by Selah - a beautiful song...<br />
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I hope you enjoy your day today!<br />
Terrie</div>
Miss Jane Austen... In Real Lifehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00834133752486151354noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3737402428076896148.post-79920418126787019592014-02-24T20:52:00.000-08:002014-02-24T20:52:41.346-08:00Letter Fourteen, Post ElevenMonday 24 February 2014<br />
To Cassandra, from Steventon, "Earle Harwood & his friend Mr Bailey came to Deane yesterday, but are not to stay above a day or two.-Earle has got the ap: [<i>p. 3]</i> :pointment to a Prison ship at Portsmouth, which he has been for some time desirous of having; & he & his wife are to live on board for the future.-" - Jane Austen, Tuesday 18-Wednesday 19 December 1798<br />
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The Harwood family had lived at Deane House for generations. Earle Harwood (1773-1811) was the son of John Harwood VI and his wife, Anne, who lived at Deane House at this time.<br />
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What a great picture of Deane House from Rachel French!<br />
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Earle had married Sarah Scott on 2 August 1797. For some reason the Harwood family did not take to Sarah well, not really sure why. Here is a link to a post we covered on this subject before:<br />
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http://allthings-jane-austen.blogspot.com/search?q=earle+harwood<br />
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Earle served as a Lieutenant on the HMS Prothee, which was a French ship captured in 1780 and commissioned as a prison ship in 1799. It was moored at Portsmouth. Here is a little information about the HMS Prothee:<br />
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_ship_Prot%C3%A9e_(1772)<br />
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Mr. Bailey was a Lieutenant in the Royal Marines. He was perhaps a member of the Bailey family at Dummer.<br />
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I hope you enjoyed your day today!<br />
TerrieMiss Jane Austen... In Real Lifehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00834133752486151354noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3737402428076896148.post-86536175193930447432014-02-23T17:38:00.001-08:002014-02-23T17:38:55.660-08:00Letter Fourteen, Post TenSunday 23 February 2014<br />
To Cassandra, from Steventon, "Charles Powlett has been very ill, but is getting well again;-his wife is discovered to be everything that the Neighbourhood could wish her, silly & cross as well as extravagant." - Jane Austen, Tuesday 18-Wednesday 19 December 1798<br />
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We have covered Charles Powlett a few times; here is a link.<br />
http://allthings-jane-austen.blogspot.com/search?q=charles+powlett<br />
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Charles Powlett's wife was Anne (Nancy) Temple. They married in November 1796. She was from the Temple family of St. Gluvias, Cornwall. Her father was Reverend William-Johnston Temple.<br />
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St. Gluvias Church, Cornwall<br />
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Reverend William-Johnston Temple has his own Wikipedia page and not because his son-in-law was a close neighbor to Jane Austen, but because he was a college classmate, close friend, and correspondent to James Boswell.<br />
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Johnson_Temple<br />
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The same James Boswell who wrote The Journal of a Tour of the Hebrides and the Life of Johnson.<br />
http://www.jamesboswell.info/aboutjb<br />
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Jane Austen wrote to Cassandra about their father purchasing James Boswell's books in Letter Twelve, Post Nine. Here is a link:<br />
http://allthings-jane-austen.blogspot.com/search?q=life+of+johnson<br />
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The letter's James Boswell wrote to Reverend Temple have been published and can be read at this link:<br />
https://archive.org/stream/lettersofjamesbo00bosw/lettersofjamesbo00bosw_djvu.txt<br />
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How cool is that?<br />
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It is interesting how small a world we live in. It does not seem that Jane Austen cared for the Reverend's daughter Anne very much, but she just might have enjoyed a conversation with the Reverend himself, and I would guess he would have been quite entertained.<br />
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I hope you enjoyed your day today!<br />
TerrieMiss Jane Austen... In Real Lifehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00834133752486151354noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3737402428076896148.post-83614987632294066372014-02-09T22:31:00.001-08:002014-02-09T22:31:25.239-08:00Letter Fourteen, Post NineSunday 9 February 2014<br />
To Cassandra, from Steventon, "I enjoyed the hard black Frosts of last week very much, & one day while they lasted walked to Deane by myself.-I do not know that I ever did such a thing in my life before." - Tuesday 18-Wednesday 19 December 1798<br />
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A hard black frost according to the Free Dictionary is a "frost without snow or rime that is severe enough to blacken vegetation."<br />
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Frost on trees in Hampshire from this post,<br />
https://janeaustensworld.wordpress.com/tag/18th-century-fashion/<br />
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I am not sure if this is a hard black frost or not, but it is a beautiful scene of a frost in Hampshire.<br />
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Jane Austen's comment, "I do not know that I ever did such a thing in my life before" is just such a reminder of how secluded, but sweet their lives were. Also, this seems an insight into her personality, that she took the walk. She did not stay home because she likely did not have anyone to walk with. Good for her!<br />
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I hope you enjoyed your day today!<br />
TerrieMiss Jane Austen... In Real Lifehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00834133752486151354noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3737402428076896148.post-65650551934863174862014-01-10T10:44:00.000-08:002014-01-10T10:44:09.911-08:00Letter 14, Post 8Friday 10 January 2014<br />
To Cassandra, from Steventon, "I took care to tell Mrs Lefroy of your calling on her Mother, & she seemed pleased with it.-" - Jane Austen, Tuesday 18-Wednesday 19 December 1798<br />
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The Lefroy's were neighbors to the Austen's. They lived at Ashe Rectory. Jane Austen liked Mrs. Lefroy and I wonder if she did not memorialize her in Persuasion in the character of Lady Russell, who always had Anne Elliot's best interest at heart, but gave her terrible advice. As one might think Mrs. Lefroy may have done when, as it is said, she separated Jane and Mr. Tom Lefroy.<br />
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Mrs. Lefroy's mother, was Mrs. Jemima Egerton Brydges of Wootton Court, Kent. She was the widow of Edward Brydges "'and a lively, witty person who surrounded herself with merry company and became known in Kent for her brilliant though modest salon'".<br />
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This is very cool,<br />
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a picture of Wooton Court, Kent on a mug! and available from Amazon!</div>
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I hope you enjoy your weekend!</div>
TerrieMiss Jane Austen... In Real Lifehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00834133752486151354noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3737402428076896148.post-17588439158302682452014-01-09T00:14:00.000-08:002014-01-09T00:14:13.177-08:00Happy Birthday Cassandra!Thursday 9 January 2014<br />
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Today is Cassandra Elizabeth Austen, Jane Austen's sister's two-hundred-forty-first birthday!<br />
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Cassandra Elizabeth Austen<br />
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Let's have a cup of tea in honor of Cassandra today.<br />
TerrieMiss Jane Austen... In Real Lifehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00834133752486151354noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3737402428076896148.post-46696373289920870942014-01-08T01:26:00.001-08:002014-01-08T01:26:45.309-08:00Happy Birthday Mr. Tom Lefroy!Wednesday 8 January 2014<br />
Happy two-hundred-thirty-eighth Birthday Mr. Tom Lefroy!<br />
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Jane Austen also had a niece born on this day. Cassandra-Eliza Austen was born in 1814 at Portsmouth. She was the daughter of Jane's brother Frank (Francis) and Mary Gibson Austen. She died unmarried 6 May 1849.<br />
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I watched Becoming Jane yesterday and enjoyed it just as much as I did the first time. My favorite scene is when Mr. Lefroy joins the dance late. Their response to each other is so sweet.<br />
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I hope you enjoy your day today!<br />
TerrieMiss Jane Austen... In Real Lifehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00834133752486151354noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3737402428076896148.post-67655124447865430932013-12-19T11:12:00.001-08:002013-12-19T11:12:24.445-08:00Letter 14, Post 7Thursday 19 December 2013<br />
To Cassandra, from Steventon, "I hope & imagine that Edward Taylor is to inherit all Sir Edw: Dering's fortune as well as all his own fathers." - Jane Austen, Tuesday 18-Wednesday 19 December 1798<br />
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Jane was jesting here; it seems that Reverend Edward Taylor (1734-8 December 1798) of Bifrons near Bridge, Kent and Sir Edward Dering, 6th Bt. (1732-8 December 1798) of Surrenden-Dering, near Ashford, Kent both passed away on the same day.<br />
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And for even more of the joke, Jane wrote in letter 10, "We went by Bifrons, & I contemplated with a melancholy pleasure, the abode of Him, on whom I once fondly doated." This is probably why she wished for Edward Taylor both inheritances. His own inheritance would have been just fine for me. Take a look:<br />
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Bifrons, Kent, home of Edward Taylor<br />
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According to Wikipedia, Surrenden-Dering is an interesting place. The village of Pluckley, where the manor is located, has the distinction of being the "most haunted village in Britain." It is said to be haunted by at least twelve ghosts. They also found a Shakespeare manuscript from about 1613, parts 1 and 2 of Henry the IV, at the Surrenden-Dering Manor.<br />
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Here is a link:<br />
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pluckley">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pluckley</a><br />
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I hope you have a good day today.<br />
Terrie<br />
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<br />Miss Jane Austen... In Real Lifehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00834133752486151354noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3737402428076896148.post-14930340759943455352013-12-17T07:56:00.000-08:002013-12-17T07:56:37.245-08:00Letter 14, Post 6Tuesday 17 December 2013<br />
To Cassandra, from Steventon, "I have received a very civil note from Mrs Martin requesting my name as a Subscriber to her Library which opens the 14th of January, & my name, or rather Yours is accordingly given, My mother finds the Money.-Mary subscribes too, which I am glad of, but hardly expected.-As an inducement to subscribe Mrs Martin tells us that her Collection is not to consist only of Novels, but of every kind of Literature &c &c-She might have spared this pretension to <i>our</i> family, who are great Novel-readers & not ashamed of being so;-but it was necessary I suppose to the self-consequence of half her Subscribers." - Jane Austen, Tuesday 18-Wednesday 19 December 1798<br />
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This is a very good post about circulating libraries in Jane Austen's time.<br />
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As for Mrs. Martin, the notes in the back of the book say she was "probably the Mary Martin who was landlady of the Maidenhead Inn and also held the Excise Office at Basingstoke 1791." There is an article written in the Basingstoke Gazette by Robert Brown on 22 October 2013 about the history of and the re-opening of the Maidenhead Inn which states that the Inn was kept by Mary Martin in 1784, but by 1790 the ownership changed to the Duke of Bolton of Hackwood Park (originally Thomas Orde, 1746-1807). The name of the Inn was changed to Bolton Arms. In 1815 the Inn closed.<br />
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Here is a link to this article:<br />
<a href="http://www.basingstokegazette.co.uk/communitynews/memory_lane_old_pictures/10754361.History_repeats_itself_at_inn/?ref=rss">http://www.basingstokegazette.co.uk/communitynews/memory_lane_old_pictures/10754361.History_repeats_itself_at_inn/?ref=rss</a><br />
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Letter number fourteen was written in 1798, but for the conclusion of this story we go to letter number twenty-three which was written Saturday 25-Monday 27 October 1800. Jane amusingly wrote to Cassandra, "Our whole Neighbourhood is at present very busy greiving over poor Mrs Martin, who has totally failed in her business, & had very lately an execution in her house.-Her own brother & Mr Rider are the principal creditors, & they have seized her effects in order to prevent other people's doing it.-There has been the same affair going on, we are told, at Wilson's, & my hearing nothing of you makes me apprehensive that You, your fellow travellers & all your effects, might be seized by the Bailiffs when you stopt at the Crown & sold altogether for the benefit of the creditors."<br />
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There was a Mrs. Ryder we discussed in letter number ten who was the Draper/haberdasher in Basingstoke. Perhaps she and Mr. Rider or Ryder were close friends with Mrs. Martin, both being working women in that era.<br />
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Does anyone else have the feeling that there could be a television series about this neighborhood? It could be narrated by Jane Austen and have a Little House on the Prairie feel to it where everyone knows everyone, some get along, others are a little more hard to love, but everyone stops what they are doing and join together when there is trouble.<br />
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Just like Mr. Bennett said, "For what do we live, but to make sport for our neighbors, and laugh at them in our turn."<br />
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I hope you have a good day today!<br />
Terrie<br />
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<br />Miss Jane Austen... In Real Lifehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00834133752486151354noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3737402428076896148.post-14968595015295845152013-12-16T00:06:00.000-08:002013-12-16T00:06:42.658-08:00Happy Birthday Jane AustenMonday 16 December 2013<br />
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Today is Jane Austen's two-hundred-thirty-eighth birthday. I would say she is doing pretty well.<br />
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This is an excerpt from a letter Jane Austen’s father, Revd.
George Austen, wrote to his sister-in-law, Mrs. Walter, the morning after Jane
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"‘…last night the time came, and without a great deal of warning, everything was
soon happily over. We have now another girl, a present plaything for her sister
Cassy and a future companion. She is to be Jenny, and seems to me as if she
would be as like Henry, as Cassy is to Neddy. Your sister thank God is pure
well after it, and sends her love to you and my brother…’"<br />
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Jane wrote to Cassandra <st1:date day="18" month="12" year="1798">Tuesday 18
December 1798</st1:date>, “…I am very much obliged to my dear little George
for his messages, for his Love at least; - his Duty I suppose was only in
consequence of some hint of my favourable intentions towards him from his
father or Mother. – I am sincerely rejoiced however that I ever was born, since
it has been the means of procuring him a dish of Tea. – Give my best Love to
him.”<br />
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Little George was her nephew, Edward’s son. He was born in 1795, so he would
have been around three years old.<br />
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Happy Birthday Jane!<o:p></o:p></div>
Miss Jane Austen... In Real Lifehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00834133752486151354noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3737402428076896148.post-22187145966059862102013-12-15T21:17:00.001-08:002013-12-15T21:33:03.323-08:00Letter 14, Post 5Sunday 15 December 2013<br />
To Cassandra, from Steventon, "This morning has been made very gay to us, by visits from our two lively Neighbours Mr Holder & Mr John Harwood." - Jane Austen, Tuesday 18-Wednesday 19 December 1798<br />
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We have discussed the Harwoods before. They owned Deane, which is just about 1.32 miles north of Steventon. This is a link to one of the posts:<br />
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<a href="http://allthings-jane-austen.blogspot.com/2012/05/letter-10-post-24.html">http://allthings-jane-austen.blogspot.com/2012/05/letter-10-post-24.html</a><br />
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Okay, let's find out who Mr. Holder was. It seems he must have been Mr. James Holder born in 1747. He lived at Ashe Park. He remained a bachelor his entire life. His money ran out in the latter part of his life and he died senile and in poverty. How very sad.<br />
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Ashe Park currently.<br />
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Ashe is 2 miles north of Steventon. Ashe Rectory was the home of the Lefroy family.<br />
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I hope you enjoyed your day today.<br />
Terrie<br />
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