Autograph letter signed : Paris, to his mother, Harriet Collins, [1845 Sept. 9?].

Record ID: 
287003
Accession number: 
MA 3150.15
Author: 
Collins, Wilkie, 1824-1889.
Credit: 
Purchased on the Fellows Fund, 1970.
Description: 
1 item (2 p., with address) ; 26.6 cm
Notes: 

Written from Hotel des Tuileries, Rue de Rivoli.
With postmark and seal.
The letter is dated "Tuesday evening"; date is from The letters of Wilkie Collins, eds. Baker and Clarke.
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).

Summary: 

Reporting that he has arrived in Paris, but his baggage was lost en route; describing some of the people he met on the boat from England to Rouen; giving details of his sightseeing in Rouen; asking after his father and brother.