BIB_ID
287660
Accession number
MA 3150.66
Creator
Collins, Wilkie, 1824-1889.
Display Date
[1862 Nov. 6].
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Purchased on the Fellows Fund, 1970.
Description
1 item (4 p.) ; 17.7 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).
With postmark and one-penny stamp; date is from postmark.
Written from 12 Harley Street and dated "Thursday."
With postmark and one-penny stamp; date is from postmark.
Written from 12 Harley Street and dated "Thursday."
Summary
Saying he is sorry that his mother is unwell; noting that he is scheduled to dine with [Augustus] Egg on Saturday and will stop by to see how she and Charley [Charles Allston Collins] are doing; recommending brandy and water as a treatment for illness.
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