Autograph letter signed : Paris, to his mother, Harriet Collins, 1860 Nov. 19 and 21.

Record ID: 
287806
Accession number: 
MA 3153.24
Author: 
Collins, Charles Allston, 1828-1873.
Credit: 
Purchased on the Fellows Fund, 1970.
Description: 
1 item (3 p.) ; 21.6 cm + envelope
Notes: 

With postmark.
Written from Hotel Louvois.
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: 

Telling her they are looking for lodgings in Paris; discussing their plans for the winter; noting that they were glad to leave Lausanne because of the cold there and problems with the stove in their room; asking about his brother, Wilkie Collins; informing her that they have found an apartment in Paris and rented it for a month.