BIB_ID
287775
Accession number
MA 3153.13
Creator
Collins, Charles Allston, 1828-1873.
Display Date
1860 Aug. 26.
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Purchased on the Fellows Fund, 1970.
Description
1 item (4 p.) : ill. ; 20.8 cm
Notes
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.
Written on mourning stationery.
Written from Rue Royale 56.
Written on mourning stationery.
Summary
Telling her that he has purchased a "covered car" for his proposed journey through France with Kate [Dickens]; noting that in his opinion the pleasures of the journey will outweigh the disadvantages; giving details of the "carriole" he purchased and his attempts to buy a white mare.
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