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Autograph letter signed with initials : Menton, to his mother, Harriet Collins, 1865 Jan. 29.

BIB_ID
287863
Accession number
MA 3153.39
Creator
Collins, Charles Allston, 1828-1873.
Display Date
1865 Jan. 29.
Credit line
Purchased on the Fellows Fund, 1970.
Description
1 item (4 p.) ; 20.7 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).
Written from Hotel d'Angleterre.
Summary
Expressing his relief at receiving her letter and hearing her health is tolerable; commenting on the weather and noting that they [Charles and Kate Dickens Collins] "have managed to get out nearly every day"; discussing Wilkie Collins; telling her he is working on a story for All the year round; informing her that they are returing to Cannes; describing his birthday; mentioning that [Charles] Fechter has given [Charles] Dickens "a present of a Swiss chalet" which Dickens has set up at Gad's Hill.