BIB_ID
287532
Accession number
MA 3154.71
Creator
Collins, William, 1788-1847.
Display Date
Wednesday mor[ning] [1844 Jan 17].
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Purchased on the Fellows Fund, 1970.
Description
1 item (4 p.) ; 10.9 cm
Notes
Date from annotation on p. 1.
Henry Perronet Briggs died on 18 January 1844.
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 y[ou]rs / W.C."
Henry Perronet Briggs died on 18 January 1844.
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 y[ou]rs / W.C."
Summary
Discussing Harriet's planned journey from Portsmouth to London, and giving his "dear love" directions about transportation from Vauxhall to their house, directing her to "take a hackney coach which will jolt [her] less than a cab." Mentioning a planned visit from Miss Wilkie, and mentioning the imminent death of Henry Perronet Briggs and a visit paid to him by Miss Opie.
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