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Autograph letter signed with initials : Aix la Chapelle [Aachen], to his mother, Harriet Collins, 1863 Apr. 21.

BIB_ID
287665
Accession number
MA 3150.70
Creator
Collins, Wilkie, 1824-1889.
Display Date
1863 Apr. 21.
Credit line
Purchased on the Fellows Fund, 1970.
Description
1 item (3 p.) ; 20.9 cm
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).
Summary
Giving details of his trip from Dover to Aix la Chapelle via Calais, Lille, Ghent, and Liège; telling her that he finds himself "as well known [in Aix la Chapelle] as in London," with German, French, and American readers "all vying in civilities and attention"; commenting on the salubrious effects of the "warm sulphurous" baths.