BIB_ID
287587
Accession number
MA 3150.34
Creator
Collins, Wilkie, 1824-1889.
Display Date
[1852 Sept. 24].
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Purchased on the Fellows Fund, 1970.
Description
1 item (3 p.) ; 18.7 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).
The envelope is postmarked Oct. 2, but the letter was almost certainly sent earlier than this. See Baker et al., The public face of Wilkie Collins (p. 78). This envelope may belong to a separate untraced letter.
The letter is dated "Friday night."
With postmark, seal, and one penny stamp.
Written from 10, Camden Crescent.
The envelope is postmarked Oct. 2, but the letter was almost certainly sent earlier than this. See Baker et al., The public face of Wilkie Collins (p. 78). This envelope may belong to a separate untraced letter.
The letter is dated "Friday night."
With postmark, seal, and one penny stamp.
Written from 10, Camden Crescent.
Summary
Informing her that Dickens has persuaded him to stay until Wednesday; telling her about his trip to Canterbury.
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