BIB_ID
287478
Accession number
MA 3154.43
Creator
Collins, William, 1788-1847.
Display Date
Monday morning [1835 Sept. 28].
Credit line
Purchased on the Fellows Fund, 1970.
Description
1 item (3 p.) ; 22.8 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 "Ever your affectionate Husband / William Collins."
Watermark: J WHATMAN / TURKEY MILL / 1833.
Weston House was the home of Sir George Philips.
With seal and postmarks, and addressed to "Mrs William 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 "Ever your affectionate Husband / William Collins."
Watermark: J WHATMAN / TURKEY MILL / 1833.
Weston House was the home of Sir George Philips.
With seal and postmarks, and addressed to "Mrs William Collins / 30 Porchester Terrace / Bayswater / London."
Summary
Expressing longing for home, and describing the gathering of people at Weston House, mentioning Lord and Lady King, Col. and Mrs. Webster, Lady Waterpark, the "Miss Cavendishes" and Doctor Roget. Also mentioning the possibility of his sister-in-law (Mrs. Margaret Carpenter) painting a portrait of Lady king.
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