Autograph letter : London, to Miss Folkard, 1877 August 17.

Record ID: 
195984
Accession number: 
MA 13801
Author: 
Collins, Wilkie, 1824-1889.
Credit: 
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Description: 
1 item (2 pages) ; 20.5 x 13.2 cm + with envelope.
Notes: 

Attribution to Wilkie Collins questionable; letter is unsigned and appears to be incomplete.
Date of writing from postmark; identification of writer from the Gordon Ray checklist.
Text of the letter is blotted with extensive amendments and corrections.
Stamped and postmarked envelope addressed, "Miss Folkard / 18 Blenheim Crescent / W."
The two painters, Miss Elizabeth F. Folkard and Miss Julia B. Folkard, both resided at 18 Blenheim Crescent during this period.

Summary: 

Concerning a possible lawsuit involving a man named Calvert to whom Collins states he has written with a positive account of Miss Folkard's conduct.

Provenance: 
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.