BIB_ID
287701
Accession number
MA 3150.94
Creator
Collins, Wilkie, 1824-1889.
Display Date
[1866] May 31.
Credit line
Purchased on the Fellows Fund, 1970.
Description
1 item (4 p.) ; 15.8 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; year of date from postmark.
Written from 9 Melcombe Place on stationery with a girl's head and "The Athenæum" embossed in the upper left corner.
With postmark and stamp; year of date from postmark.
Written from 9 Melcombe Place on stationery with a girl's head and "The Athenæum" embossed in the upper left corner.
Summary
Asking after her thumb and general health; suggesting that he may visit her soon; mentioning the dramatic version of Armadale; telling her [Charles] Dickens asked after her.
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