BIB_ID
287783
Accession number
MA 3153.14
Creator
Collins, Charles Allston, 1828-1873.
Display Date
1860 Sept. 2.
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Purchased on the Fellows Fund, 1970.
Description
1 item (4 p.) ; 20.8 cm + envelope
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).
With postmark, seal, and stamp.
Written on mourning stationery.
With postmark, seal, and stamp.
Written on mourning stationery.
Summary
Giving details of their departure from Calais, including the purchase of a white mare named Bijou; discussing his efforts to recover a lost portmanteau sent to him through the Continental Parcels Express Company; informing her that Katie's [Kate Dickens Collins] trunk has been sent to Clarence Terrace, his mother's residence.
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