BIB_ID
287502
Accession number
MA 3154.52
Creator
Collins, William, 1788-1847.
Display Date
[18]41 Aug. 10.
Credit line
Purchased on the Fellows Fund, 1970.
Description
1 item (5 p.) ; 22.8 cm + envelope
Notes
Final page of the letter written on the inside of the envelope. Written from 85 Oxford Terrace. Signed "your affect[ionate] Husband / W. Collins."
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 Collins / (Mrs Chas Otter's) / Belle vue house / Southsea / Portsmouth."
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 Collins / (Mrs Chas Otter's) / Belle vue house / Southsea / Portsmouth."
Summary
Complaining about the absence of his "dear love." Discussing letters received and plans for travel. Noting that Wilkie has shown him a poem, and mentioning a meeting of the committee for Sir David Wilkie's monument.
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