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Our campaign is now complete. 96 supporters helped us raise £4,643.00

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Closed 31/07/2015

Cassandra's Letter

Appeal for donations to make a private purchase of a letter written in this house by Jane Austen’s only sister, Cassandra, shortly after the author’s death in 1817.

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Closed 31/07/2015

Jane Austen's House was the home of Jane Austen for the last eight years of her life and is where she completed all of her novels. The House is run by an independent charitable trust and receives no regular public funding. The Museum relies on visitors and public donations to run.

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We are pleased to be able to announce that our campaign to buy Cassandra's Letter has reached its target following a very generous private donation. 

We will leave the JustGiving campaign open in case anyone else still wishes to give. Any donations received from today onwards will be used to aid display of this new acquisition or go towards future acquisitions for the Museum.

Thank you everyone for your donations and supportive messages.

This letter remains on display until the end of July and will be displayed again in future.

Donation summary

Total
£4,642.15
+ £398.00 Gift Aid
Online
£4,642.15
Offline
£0.00
Direct
£4,642.15
Fundraisers
£0.00

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