BIB_ID
287489
Accession number
MA 3154.49
Creator
Collins, William, 1788-1847.
Display Date
1840 July 8[-9].
Credit line
Purchased on the Fellows Fund, 1970.
Description
1 item (4 p.) ; 28.1 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).
With seal and postmarks, and addressed to "Mrs William Collins / 20 Avenue Road / Regents Park / England, London."
Written on stationery with a lithograph entitled "Das neue Badhaus zu Langenschwalbach," depicting a bathhouse surrounded by landscaped gardens, which are dotted with walking couples. Lithograph signed "J. Zingel in Wiesbaden." Letters signed "Your affec[tionate] Husband / William Collins," "very fondly yours, Amelia Otter," and "yours very affec[tionately], ASM."
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).
With seal and postmarks, and addressed to "Mrs William Collins / 20 Avenue Road / Regents Park / England, London."
Written on stationery with a lithograph entitled "Das neue Badhaus zu Langenschwalbach," depicting a bathhouse surrounded by landscaped gardens, which are dotted with walking couples. Lithograph signed "J. Zingel in Wiesbaden." Letters signed "Your affec[tionate] Husband / William Collins," "very fondly yours, Amelia Otter," and "yours very affec[tionately], ASM."
Summary
Concerning his health and the party he is touring with. Longing for his family. This letter contains on p. 3-4 letters from Amelia Otter and Miss Musgrave (?) dated 8 and [9] July 1840.
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