BIB_ID
287569
Accession number
MA 3150.29
Creator
Collins, Wilkie, 1824-1889.
Display Date
[1852 July 7].
Credit line
Purchased on the Fellows Fund, 1970.
Description
1 item (4 p.) ; 17.9 cm + envelope
Notes
Part of a collection of 117 letters from Wilkie Collins to his mother, Harriet Collins. Items in the collection are described in individual records (MA 3150.1-117).
With postmark and seal; date is from postmark. The letter is also dated "Wednesday."
Written from 17, Hanover Terrace.
With postmark and seal; date is from postmark. The letter is also dated "Wednesday."
Written from 17, Hanover Terrace.
Summary
Noting that he cannot travel in comfort by second class and must either pay for first class or "defer the pleasure of going to Southsea"; telling her what mail has arrived; discussing dinner engagements; mentioning household affairs.
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