Autograph letter signed : Whitby, to Charles Ward, 1861 Aug. 26.

Record ID: 
287070
Accession number: 
MA 3151.28
Author: 
Collins, Wilkie, 1824-1889.
Credit: 
Purchased on the Fellows Fund, 1970.
Description: 
1 item (2 1/2 p.) ; 10.6 cm
Notes: 

Written from the Royal Hotel. The foot of the first page has been cut away, presumably for the signature on the verso. Perhaps five or six lines on the recto have been lost.
Part of a collection of 86 letters from Wilkie Collins to Charles Ward. Items in this collection are described in individual records (MA 3151.1-86).

Summary: 

Noting that his plans have changed and that Collins must leave Whitby because of "the noises, indoors and out, of this otherwise delightful place." Asking Ward to change a £15 cheque for him and send it by return post to The George Hotel in York, where Collins will be on Wednesday morning.