Age of Sail Despatches #113

[sharpiefan]

Note from the Editor: It seems that spring has finally sprung! Huzzah for warmer weather!

Fanfic:
Reenactors Chapter by josbanks; Aubreyad; PG; Jack/Stephen; At the outset of the engagement between the Shannon and Chesapeake, Jack and Stephen find themselves inexplicably on the deck of USS Constitution in Boston two hundred years in the future.

Son et Lumière:
sharpiefan links to A couple of bits of AoS artwork

Of historical interest:
vanilla_elf posts a Gallery of Fashion - Ladies' 18th century Fashion Guide
latin_cat posts BBC Radio Four: Naval Dispatches and Memoirs
tolquhon posts Online texts
sharpiefan posts More useful links
From austenblog: The Work of many Generations

Miscellany and meta:
From hmsacasta_feed: A Letter to an Old Shipmates
From hmsacasta_feed: A Letter from the Captain
justincase posts No tow for me, sir
From hmsacasta_feed: Volunteers II
From austenblog: Dearest Jane! who could have done less for her?
From austenblog: Join a kickstarter campaign for a jane Austen art print

Communities and challenges:
From hmsacasta_feed: Mail for Jane Austen Festival
alltoseek posts AO3 Fundraiser: Bid for Fic

Rec of the Week:
Two-Part Harmony by dafna; ; Persuasion; G; Anne Elliott/Frederick Wentworth, In which Anne explains how she came to play the piano-forte so well and Frederick tells the story of the first Captain Wentworth. Set just after they reconcile, but before they've told anyone else.

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