Autograph letter signed : [Boulogne], to his mother, Harriet Collins, 1853 Sept. 1.

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Autograph letter signed : [Boulogne], to his mother, Harriet Collins, 1853 Sept. 1.

Noting that many of the people in his traveling party have left; telling her about a grand dinner Dickens hosted; mentioning Miss [Georgina] Hogarth, Miss [Angela Georgina Burdett] Coutts, and Sir James Kay-Shuttleworth"; informing her of his plan to travel to Italy; referring to Hide and seek, the book he is writing.

1 item (4 p.) ; 17.8 cm.

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