Autograph letter signed : Paris, to his mother, Harriet Collins, 1860 Sept. 28.
Record ID:
287789
Accession number:
MA 3153.18
Credit:
Purchased on the Fellows Fund, 1970.
Description:
1 item (3 p.) ; 20.8 cm + envelope
Notes:
With postmark.
Written from Hotel du Helder.
Includes an autograph note signed (8 lines) from Katie [Dickens Collins] to Harriet Collins.
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 thinking about resuming their journey immediately but terminating it at Lausanne; noting that he is negotiating another horse purchase; asking her to direct letters to the post office in Fontainbleau or Auxerre; mentioning a visitor who called at the request of one of their mothers but left no name.
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