Record ID:
287477
Accession number:
MA 3154.42
Credit:
Purchased on the Fellows Fund, 1970.
Description:
1 item (3 p.) ; 22.8 cm
Notes:
Signed "Your ever affectionate Husband / William Collins."
With seal and postmarks, and addressed to "Mrs William Collins / 30 Porchester Terrace / Bayswater / London."
Watermark: STREET & Co / 1829."
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).
Summary:
Describing the party gathered at Weston House, including "the celebrated Ada of poor Lord Byron," and discussing plans for the next stage of his journey. Inquiring after the children, hoping that "Willy has not forgotten his promise to behave like a gentleman while his Papa is away."
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