BIB_ID
80502
Accession number
MA 9056
Creator
Braddon, M. E. (Mary Elizabeth), 1835-1915.
Display Date
[1874] March 7.
Description
1 item (2 pages) ; 18.3 x 11.5 cm
Notes
The year of writing is not given, but the reference to a "Mr. Collins"'s return from America suggests it may have been written in 1874, the year that Wilkie Collins returned from his only reading tour in America. Braddon also signs herself "Mary Maxwell," which became her legal name on her marriage to John Maxwell in October 1874.
Braddon gives the place of writing as "Lichfield House / Richmond."
Braddon addresses her correspondent only as "Miss Graves"; however, the reference to "Mr. Collins" in the letter suggests that the recipient is Caroline Graves, the longtime companion of Wilkie Collins.
Engraved letterhead with a crest.
Braddon gives the place of writing as "Lichfield House / Richmond."
Braddon addresses her correspondent only as "Miss Graves"; however, the reference to "Mr. Collins" in the letter suggests that the recipient is Caroline Graves, the longtime companion of Wilkie Collins.
Engraved letterhead with a crest.
Summary
Thanking Miss Graves for her note and confirming that she would be happy to hear from "Mr. Bernstein"; recalling a past visit: "We have not forgotten the pleasure we had in seeing you here some time ago"; sending her "best remembrances" to "Mr. Collins on his return from America."
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