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Plan your visit. 225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street, New York, NY 10016.

Autograph letter signed with initials : London, to his mother, Harriet Collins, 1864 July 19.

BIB_ID
287687
Accession number
MA 3150.83
Creator
Collins, Wilkie, 1824-1889.
Display Date
1864 July 19.
Credit line
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 stamp.
Written from 12 Harley Street, W[estminster].
Summary
Complaining about the heat in London; discussing his summer plans, including a sailing trip with [Edward] Pigott and [Charles] Ward and a visit to Lord Houghton's [Richard Monckton Milnes, Lord Houghton] in Yorkshire; mentioning a meeting with the Dickenses and Miss [Georgina] Hogarth.