BIB_ID
287803
Accession number
MA 3153.22
Creator
Collins, Charles Allston, 1828-1873.
Display Date
1860 Oct. 31-Nov. 1.
Credit line
Purchased on the Fellows Fund, 1970.
Description
1 item (4 p.) ; 20.7 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.
With postmark.
Summary
Telling her about the final stages of their [Charles and Kate Dickens Collins] journey to Lausanne; describing their warm greeting at the villa "Mon Loisir"; mentioning the he is trying to sell the horse and carriage "to a good advantage"; saying he is not sure how long they will stay in Lausanne; asking about his mother's return to London.
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