BIB_ID
287505
Accession number
MA 3154.54
Creator
Collins, William, 1788-1847.
Display Date
Tuesday [1841 Aug. 24].
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Purchased on the Fellows Fund, 1970.
Description
1 item (4 p.) ; 11.7 cm
Notes
Date from reference to Harriet's departure from Portsmouth, and from penciled annotation on p. 1.
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).
Written from 85 Oxford Terrace. Signed "a loving Husband / William 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).
Written from 85 Oxford Terrace. Signed "a loving Husband / William Collins."
Summary
Discussing the departure of his "dearest Harriet" from Portsmouth, asking her to take care of her health, and to send word of her travel plans. With a postscript deploring Charlie's love for fishing, and discussing the health of Mrs. Linnel.
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