BIB_ID
287571
Accession number
MA 3154.87
Creator
Davis, Mary M., 19th cent.
Display Date
1835 July 26.
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Purchased on the Fellows Fund, 1970.
Description
1 item (1 1/4 p.) ; 21.8-22.6 cm
Notes
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 addressed to "William Collins Esqr / Bayswater / 30 Porchester Terrace / near London."
With seal and addressed to "William Collins Esqr / Bayswater / 30 Porchester Terrace / near London."
Summary
Discussing the contents of her will and stating her funeral wishes, asking for "a very thick plain headstone." Noting that William Collins is the husband of her "dear niece Harriet and [her] sole executor and one of [her] Trustees."
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