BIB_ID
107814
Accession number
MA 3154.1-115
Creator
Collins, William, 1788-1847.
Display Date
1822-1844.
Credit line
Purchased on the Fellows Fund, 1970.
Description
115 items, unbound ; varying dimensions
Notes
Letters are cataloged individually (MA 3154.1-115).
MA 3154.81-115 housed with MA 3151, MA 3152, MA 3155, and MA 3156 in a blue cloth drop-spine box labeled "Wilkie Collins / Letters / to / Charles Ward / MA 3151."
The sale of a painting to Edward L. Carey was administered by Collins's brother-in-law W.H. Carpenter and the firm W. & J. Brown & Co.
With addresses and envelopes.
MA 3154.81-115 housed with MA 3151, MA 3152, MA 3155, and MA 3156 in a blue cloth drop-spine box labeled "Wilkie Collins / Letters / to / Charles Ward / MA 3151."
The sale of a painting to Edward L. Carey was administered by Collins's brother-in-law W.H. Carpenter and the firm W. & J. Brown & Co.
With addresses and envelopes.
Summary
Collection consists of 80 letters from William Collins to his wife Harriet Geddes Collins and 35 letters primarily to William Collins from various friends and acquaintances. Letters to his wife (MA 3154.1-80) concern his travels, friends, the health of their sons, Wilkie and Charles, and his work. The remaining letters (MA 3154.81-115) concern primarily the health of Frank Collins and the sale of a painting to Edward L. Carey.
Housed in
Blue cloth drop-spine box (37.7 cm)
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