Plan your visit. 225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street, New York, NY 10016.

Plan your visit. 225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street, New York, NY 10016.

Autograph letter signed : London, to Charles Ward, Saturday [1859 Apr.-1860 Mar.].

BIB_ID
287218
Accession number
MA 3151.74
Creator
Collins, Wilkie, 1824-1889.
Display Date
Saturday [1859 Apr.-1860 Mar.].
Credit line
Purchased on the Fellows Fund, 1970.
Description
1 item (1 p.) ; 20.2 cm
Notes
Dating from the address.--Cf. Baker, p. 191, n. 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).
Written from 2.a. New Cavendish Street. Signed "Ever yours / W.C."
Summary
Thanking Ward for the money, noting that it arrived while Collins was still abed, having been kept up the entire night previous from "the d--d green tea." Noting that he is "just off to the Hair-Cutter's to have it "Shampoed.""