BIB_ID
287772
Accession number
MA 3153.10
Creator
Collins, Charles Allston, 1828-1873.
Display Date
1860 July 29.
Credit line
Purchased on the Fellows Fund, 1970.
Description
1 item (4 p.) ; 21.1 cm
Notes
Includes an autograph note signed (6 lines) from Kate [Dickens] Collins to Harriet Collins on p. 4.
Part of a collection of 52 letters from Charles Allston Collins to his mother, Harriet Collins. Items in the collection are described in individual records (MA 3153.1-52).
Written from Rue Royale 56.
Part of a collection of 52 letters from Charles Allston Collins to his mother, Harriet Collins. Items in the collection are described in individual records (MA 3153.1-52).
Written from Rue Royale 56.
Summary
Describing his apartment in Calais; giving details of shopping with Kate, his wife; reporting that Katie "takes to housekeeping well" and is "not long at her toilette"; saying he prefers settling down right away instead of going away on a wedding "tour"; asking after his mother's health and encouraging her to return to her home if staying with others is uncomfortable.
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