Autograph letter signed : Broadstairs, to his mother, Harriet Collins, 1859 Sept. 2.

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Autograph letter signed : Broadstairs, to his mother, Harriet Collins, 1859 Sept. 2.

Telling her [Charles] Dickens is staying near him for the week; noting that his brother [Charles Allston Collins] will return to London with Dickens next Monday; reporting that he is working diligently on his writing; complaining that he will be "literally driven away by the extortions of the Broadstairs people" and that "no moderate income can cope with their demands"; asking her to send a check for £25.

1 item (4 p.) ; 17.9 cm. + envelope.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7531545

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