Autograph letter : London, to his mother, Harriet Collins, 1862 Nov. 18.

Record ID: 
287661
Accession number: 
MA 3150.67
Author: 
Collins, Wilkie, 1824-1889.
Credit: 
Purchased on the Fellows Fund, 1970.
Description: 
1 item (5 p.) ; 17.7 cm + envelope
Notes: 

With postmark and one-penny stamp.
Written from 12 Harley Street.
The letter is incomplete.
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).

Summary: 

Saying he was glad to hear that she had arrived at Lilford Hall safely; noting that he is hard at work on his book and speculating about what he will do when he has finished it; mentioning the controversy surrounding Bishop [John William] Colenso; giving news about various acquaintances.