BIB_ID
287507
Accession number
MA 3154.56
Creator
Collins, William, 1788-1847.
Display Date
Friday [1841] Sept. 10.
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Purchased on the Fellows Fund, 1970.
Description
1 item (4 p.) ; 18.3 cm + envelope
Notes
Date from postmark.
Envelope with seal, postmarks and penny postage stamp, and addressed to "Mrs. Collins / 85 Oxford Terrace / Hyde Park / 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 / William Collins."
Envelope with seal, postmarks and penny postage stamp, and addressed to "Mrs. Collins / 85 Oxford Terrace / Hyde Park / 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 / William Collins."
Summary
Complaining about an unsatisfactory letter from Harriet and regretting that she does not provide more news. Lamenting that Charlie and Willie do not write.
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