BIB_ID
287120
Accession number
MA 3151.43
Creator
Collins, Wilkie, 1824-1889.
Display Date
Friday, [1863] Jan. 16.
Credit line
Purchased on the Fellows Fund, 1970.
Description
1 item (1 p.) ; 17.9 cm
Notes
A duty of 1d on every cheque had been introduced by Disraeli in 1858, so the book must have contained twenty-four cheques.--Cf. Baker, p. 290, n. 2.
Date from Baker.
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).
Written on stationery embossed "12. Harley Street. W." Signed "Ever yours / W.C."
Date from Baker.
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).
Written on stationery embossed "12. Harley Street. W." Signed "Ever yours / W.C."
Summary
Asking Ward to visit on Sunday, and to bring 10 sovereigns and a new cheque-book in return for a cheque from Collins for £10 and two shillings for the cheque-book.
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