BIB_ID
287786
Accession number
MA 3153.16
Creator
Collins, Charles Allston, 1828-1873.
Display Date
1860 Aug. [i.e. Sept.] 10.
Credit line
Purchased on the Fellows Fund, 1970.
Description
1 item (3 p.) ; 20.8 cm + envelope
Notes
Collins incorrectly dates the letter "Aug. 10"; the postmark reads "Sept. 10."
Includes an autograph note signed from Kate [Dickens] Collins to Harriet Collins on p. 2.
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 and stamp.
Written from Hotel du Helder.
Written on mourning stationery.
Includes an autograph note signed from Kate [Dickens] Collins to Harriet Collins on p. 2.
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 and stamp.
Written from Hotel du Helder.
Written on mourning stationery.
Summary
Telling her they have arrived in Paris safely, and that the last part of their journey was "accomplished by railway"; explaining that he had to sell their horse because of her "symptoms of lameness"; noting that he may postpone the journey through France until next summer and look for a suitable horse during the winter; expressing their disappointment that the journey was cut short; saying the missing portmanteau has been recovered.
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