BIB_ID
287154
Accession number
MA 3151.52
Creator
Collins, Wilkie, 1824-1889.
Display Date
[1869] Mar. 22.
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Purchased on the Fellows Fund, 1970.
Description
1 item (4 p.) ; 20.8 cm
Notes
Date from Baker and Clarke.
In his will, Collins's father left an annuity (the interest on £700) to Mrs. Elizabeth Jones, a cousin of Harriet Geddes Collins.--Cf. Baker and Clarke, p. 321, n. 2.
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 mourning stationery embossed "90, Gloucester Place, Portman Square. W." Signed "Ever yours / W.C."
In his will, Collins's father left an annuity (the interest on £700) to Mrs. Elizabeth Jones, a cousin of Harriet Geddes Collins.--Cf. Baker and Clarke, p. 321, n. 2.
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 mourning stationery embossed "90, Gloucester Place, Portman Square. W." Signed "Ever yours / W.C."
Summary
Discussing quarterly payments of an annuity to Mrs. Jones, a "pious bitch," whom he hopes the Lord may soon take.
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