BIB_ID
287431
Accession number
MA 3154.29
Creator
Collins, William, 1788-1847.
Display Date
[1832] Sept. 16.
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Purchased on the Fellows Fund, 1970.
Description
1 item (2 p.) ; 23 cm
Notes
Date from postmark and location of writing.
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 "Believe me your ever and only / William Collins."
Watermark: J WHATMAN / 1831.
With seal and postmarks, and addressed to "Mrs Collins / 30 Porchester Terrace / Bayswater / London."
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 "Believe me your ever and only / William Collins."
Watermark: J WHATMAN / 1831.
With seal and postmarks, and addressed to "Mrs Collins / 30 Porchester Terrace / Bayswater / London."
Summary
Discussing William's separation from his "dear love" on their wedding anniversary, and dated "the never to be forgotten sixteenth of Septr." Discussing his travel plans, and sending love to his family.
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