BIB_ID
286975
Accession number
MA 3150.7
Creator
Collins, Wilkie, 1824-1889.
Display Date
[1839 Dec. 6].
Credit line
Purchased on the Fellows Fund, 1970.
Description
1 item (3 p., with address) ; 23.3 cm
Notes
Part of a collection of 117 letters from Wilkie Collins to his mother, Harriet Collins. Items in the collection are described in individual records (MA 3150.1-117).
The first two pages contain a letter to his mother; the third page is a letter to his brother.
The letter is dated "Friday aft-"; date and place of writing are from postmark.
With postmark and seal.
The first two pages contain a letter to his mother; the third page is a letter to his brother.
The letter is dated "Friday aft-"; date and place of writing are from postmark.
With postmark and seal.
Summary
Discussing his brother Charlie's earache; expressing his hope that his father, William Collins, is in better health; teasing his brother about his "vocal ... powers" on the night he broke his arm; telling his brother that "not withstanding all this nonsense, I felt the greatest pity for you."
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