Autograph letter signed with initials : Paris, to his mother, Harriet Collins, 1856 Feb. 28.

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Autograph letter signed with initials : Paris, to his mother, Harriet Collins, 1856 Feb. 28.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/436769293

Describing "the quaintest and prettiest bachelor lodging that ever was built," his current abode in Paris; complaining about a slow horse on his trip to the train station in London; noting that he was met by Dickens' servant in Paris. The letter also mentions Charles Ward and the publication of Collins' "Rogue's Life" in Household Words.

1 item (4 p.) ; 18.3 cm. + envelope.

Pierpont Morgan Library.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7531367

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