BIB_ID
287297
Accession number
MA 3155.5
Creator
Collins, Wilkie, 1824-1889.
Display Date
1842 Aug. 24.
Credit line
Purchased on the Fellows Fund, 1970.
Description
1 item (3 p.) ; 22.9 cm
Notes
Part of a collection of miscellaneous letters and documents of Wilkie Collins. Items are cataloged individually (MA 3155.1-8).
Written from the Strand. Signed "Your affectionate son W.W.C." With seal and postmarks, and addressed to "William Collins Esq. R.A. / to the care of Miss Otter / 1 Gloucester Place / Southsea / Porsmouth."
Written from the Strand. Signed "Your affectionate son W.W.C." With seal and postmarks, and addressed to "William Collins Esq. R.A. / to the care of Miss Otter / 1 Gloucester Place / Southsea / Porsmouth."
Summary
Inquiring after his father's trip, hoping the "abominable engine of destruction ... had deposited [him] safely at Southsea." Relating the news, and discussing his care of the house while his father is away.
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