Autograph Letter to her nephew Rev. Charles Parr Burney, thanking him for his 'kindly office' (probably regarding her son's death) and asking his assistance with the accounts of her publisher 'Mr. Rivington'.

1p., 12mo. On bifolium with mourning border (her son Alexander had died on 17 January). Aged and worn, with short closed tears along fold lines, and remains of tissue mount along gutter. Written three years before her death, in a crabbed and difficult hand. Unsigned, as was usually the case with her letters to her family. Addressed, with two postmarks, on reverse of second leaf to 'Dr. C. P. Burney | Greenwich'. The letter begins with what is probably a reference to some service performed by the nephew in connection with her son's death: 'O my dearest Charles, how melancholy yet how cordial are my thanks for the kindly office you have so piously finished!' She asks him to tell 'Mr. Best' to call on her for payment. She does not know Best's address, and asks: 'how is the sum I had expected diminished by your exceeding care? Alas Alas! You would have <?> it augmented had you seen me try to read what <?> my <?>. She concludes the letter by telling him that she will want his advice about 'Mr. Rivington, whose acc[oun]t. I do not understand'. The London publishers Rivingtons handled the works of both Fanny Burney and her nephew.