BIB_ID
287814
Accession number
MA 3153.29
Creator
Collins, Charles Allston, 1828-1873.
Display Date
1860 Dec. 30-31.
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Purchased on the Fellows Fund, 1970.
Description
1 item (4 p.) ; 20.4 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).
The first 1.5 pages are from Charles Allston Collins; the remaining pages are an autograph letter signed from Kate Dickens Collins (signed "Katinka") to Harriet Collins.
Written from Place du Musée 2.
The first 1.5 pages are from Charles Allston Collins; the remaining pages are an autograph letter signed from Kate Dickens Collins (signed "Katinka") to Harriet Collins.
Written from Place du Musée 2.
Summary
Asking her why she has decided to "have the care and responsibility of all the Bullar family resting on [her]"; stressing that she should not worry about economising; describing their apartment in Brussels; and giving details of how little everything costs in Brussels. Kate's letter advises Mrs. Collins not to take care of the Bullar family, gives news of her siblings, and mentions housekeeping details.
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