BIB_ID
287371
Accession number
MA 3154.12
Creator
Collins, William, 1788-1847.
Display Date
1823 July 16.
Credit line
Purchased on the Fellows Fund, 1970.
Description
1 item (2 p.) ; 23 cm
Notes
Part of a collection of 80 letters from William Collins to his wife Harriet Geddes Collins and 35 letters primarily to William Collins from various friends and acquaintances. Items in this collection are described in individual records (MA 3154.1-115).
Signed "your affectionate husband / W. Collins."
Watermark: hunting horn within a shield surmounted by a crown; initials "TH" intertwined below.
With seal and postmarks, and addressed to "Mrs William Collins / 11 New Cavendish Street / Portland Place / London."
Signed "your affectionate husband / W. Collins."
Watermark: hunting horn within a shield surmounted by a crown; initials "TH" intertwined below.
With seal and postmarks, and addressed to "Mrs William Collins / 11 New Cavendish Street / Portland Place / London."
Summary
Concerning his arrival at Turvey Abbey, his plans to return to London, and a portrait of an old man. With a postscript asking his "dear wife" to send his cloak to the Bull Inn in Olney.
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