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Letter from John Keats to his sister, Fanny Keats, 14th August 1820. Letter from the poet John Keats to his sister, Fanny Keats, afterwards Senora Llanos, at the beginning of his last illness, with mention of his poems (Hyperion, Lamia, then just published). Written from Wentworth Place, postmarked 14th August 1820. Keats died of tuberculosis the following year. From the first series of Facsimiles of royal, historical, literary and other autographs in the Department of Manuscripts, British Museum: Series I - V, (London, 1899).