BIB_ID
287202
Accession number
MA 3151.70
Creator
Collins, Wilkie, 1824-1889.
Display Date
1871 Nov. 2.
Credit line
Purchased on the Fellows Fund, 1970.
Description
1 item (2 p.) ; 17.7 cm
Notes
"Mr. T" may be Samuel Tinsley (see Collins to William Tindell of 6 November 1871)--Cf. Baker, p. 294, n. 1.
Letter marked "Private" at upper left corner of p. 1.
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).
Persian famine of 1870-1871 seems to have led to the deaths of around two million people and evoked widespread sympathy and donations in Europe.--Cf. Baker, p. 294, n. 3.
Written on stationery embossed "90, Gloucester Place, Portman Square. W." Signed "Ever yours / W.C."
Letter marked "Private" at upper left corner of p. 1.
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).
Persian famine of 1870-1871 seems to have led to the deaths of around two million people and evoked widespread sympathy and donations in Europe.--Cf. Baker, p. 294, n. 3.
Written on stationery embossed "90, Gloucester Place, Portman Square. W." Signed "Ever yours / W.C."
Summary
Mentioning "Mr T" and Cassell & Co. Enclosing a cheque for £5 "towards relieving the starving Persians."
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