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Today in Jane Austen’s life:  [from the JASNA-Wisconsin “A Year with Jane Austen” calendar, and The Chronology of Jane Austen and Her Family, by Deirdre Le Faye, Cambridge, 2006]

December 31st:

• 1797: Henry Austen marries his cousin Eliza de Feuillide, by special license.

January 1st:

• 1787: Cousins Edward and Jane Cooper, now aged 17 and 16 respectively, come to stay at Steventon for the New Year holidays.
• 1792: Ann Martel is baptized at Steventon; entry in register is probably in Jane Austen’s hand.
• 1795: James Austen buys a mahogany tea-board for Deane.
• 1799: Jane is at Deane for the christening of James Edward Austen Leigh; she writes the entry in the parish register.
• 1801: James and Mary Lloyd Austen come to Steventon to dine.
• 1812: Princess Charlotte of Wales writes to Miss Mercer Elphinstone that she intends to read Sense and Sensibility soon.

[Vintage Postcard:  Gold Medal Art, n.d.]

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