BIB_ID
287462
Accession number
MA 3154.38
Creator
Collins, William, 1788-1847.
Display Date
Friday Mor[ning] [1833 Oct. 4].
Credit line
Purchased on the Fellows Fund, 1970.
Description
1 item (3 p.) ; 19 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).
Watermark: 1830.
With seal and illegible address.
Written from 30 Porchester Terrace. Signed "Ever yours / W. Collins."
Watermark: 1830.
With seal and illegible address.
Written from 30 Porchester Terrace. Signed "Ever yours / W. Collins."
Summary
Discussing his brother Frank's health and noting that although there is no immediate danger, his "dear love" should "by all means come home tomorrow as early" as possible, but should not bring the children. Making arrangements for the children to stay elsewhere during Frank's illness, and expressing disappointment over henry Rice's failure to wait for him.
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