BIB_ID
287385
Accession number
MA 3154.17
Creator
Collins, William, 1788-1847.
Display Date
Sunday morning [1827 Nov. 24].
Credit line
Purchased on the Fellows Fund, 1970.
Description
1 item (3 p.) ; 23.6 cm
Notes
Date from postmark.
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 affect[ionate] Husband/ William Collins."
Watermark: fleur-de-lis within a crowned cartouche, and with a flourish below.
With seal and postmarks, and addressed to "Mrs William Collins / Pond Street / Hampstead / Middx."
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 affect[ionate] Husband/ William Collins."
Watermark: fleur-de-lis within a crowned cartouche, and with a flourish below.
With seal and postmarks, and addressed to "Mrs William Collins / Pond Street / Hampstead / Middx."
Summary
Concerning the heath of his brother Francis and his own improved health, noting that he has "suffered somewhat in [his] head." Giving news about friends in Readleaf, mentioning Mr. Wells.
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