BIB_ID
287773
Accession number
MA 3153.11
Creator
Collins, Charles Allston, 1828-1873.
Display Date
1860 Aug. 5.
Credit line
Purchased on the Fellows Fund, 1970.
Description
1 item (4 p.) ; 20.8 cm + envelope
Notes
Includes an autograph note signed (10 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).
With postmark and seal.
Written from Rue Royale 56.
Written on mourning stationery, with "In mourning for poor Alfred Dickens" written at the top of p. 1.
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).
With postmark and seal.
Written from Rue Royale 56.
Written on mourning stationery, with "In mourning for poor Alfred Dickens" written at the top of p. 1.
Summary
Telling her that they are staying in Calais for the present; describing a picnic by a stream and a day of boating; mentioning that he needs money but Charles Ward, the family's banker, is away; noting that he received a letter from Wilkie [Collins] announcing the completion of his book; discussing the death of Alfred Dickens; saying that he dreads returning to London because "there we are paupers -- abroad we are rich."
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