BIB_ID
107796
Accession number
MA 3153.1-52
Creator
Collins, Charles Allston, 1828-1873.
Display Date
[1850]-1865 Dec. 25.
Credit line
Purchased on the Fellows Fund, 1970.
Description
52 items (165 p.), unbound : ill. ; size varies
Notes
Includes a sketch of a horse and carriage on a separate piece of paper (part of MA 3153.13).
Includes a slip of paper with "Charlie's foreign letters" written on it, presumably in Harriet Collins's hand.
The letter dated 11 February 1860 (MA 3153.6) was in fact written in 1861 on Kate and Charles's honeymoon trip; Charles apparently misdated it 1860.
Includes a slip of paper with "Charlie's foreign letters" written on it, presumably in Harriet Collins's hand.
The letter dated 11 February 1860 (MA 3153.6) was in fact written in 1861 on Kate and Charles's honeymoon trip; Charles apparently misdated it 1860.
Summary
This collection includes 50 autograph letters from Charles Allston Collins to Harriet Collins and 2 autograph letters from Kate Dickens Collins to Harriet Collins; Kate has also included notes in 8 of Charles's letters. The bulk of the letters are from their travels in France, Switzerland, Germany, etc.
Housed in
Blue cloth drop-spine box (37.3 cm)
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