Autograph letter signed with initials : Broadstairs, to his mother, Harriet Collins, 1861 July 11.

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Autograph letter signed with initials : Broadstairs, to his mother, Harriet Collins, 1861 July 11.

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Telling her that he will be at Broadstairs for a week; reporting that he tried the outline of his new story upon Dickens, and "he was immensely struck by it"; hoping that his mother is not feeling lonely; describing the people at "this British watering-place" [Broadstairs]; pondering where he should "go for [his] autumn work."

1 item (4 p.) ; 17.9 cm.

Pierpont Morgan Library.

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