Autograph letter signed : Dijon, to his mother, Harriet Collins, 1860 Oct. 17.

Record ID: 
287800
Accession number: 
MA 3153.20
Author: 
Collins, Charles Allston, 1828-1873.
Credit: 
Purchased on the Fellows Fund, 1970.
Description: 
1 item (4 p.) ; 20.6 cm + envelope
Notes: 

With postmark and seal.
Written from Hotel de la Cloche.
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).

Summary: 

Describing their [Charles and Kate Dickens Collins] journey from Fontainebleau to Dijon; telling her they should not let Clarence Terrace to someone else because he and Kate may want to live there; mentioning their horse; informing her of the rest of their route and where she should direct her letters. The letter mentions Henry Bullar, Charles Ward, and Wilkie Collins.