1817 at the latest
Jane Austen
Prayers
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The three prayers are undated but obviously written by Austen's death in 1817. The watermark of the paper is 1818, but perhaps they were transcribed by sister Cassandra or brother Henry. There's nothing particularly remarkable about the prayers, except the line "heartily do we pray for the safety of all that travel by land or by sea." With two brothers in the Navy, Jane was well aware of the risks of sea travel, as Mansfield Park shows.
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