Autograph letter signed with initials : Rome, to his mother, Harriet Collins, 1863 Dec. 4.

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Autograph letter signed with initials : Rome, to his mother, Harriet Collins, 1863 Dec. 4.

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Telling her he is "better in Rome" and plans to stay there; noting that "ideas are coming to [him] thicker & thicker for a new book"; observing that "Rome is positively crammed with English." The letter mentions Richard Brinsley Sheridan's The rivals.

1 item (4 p.) ; 21.1 cm.

Pierpont Morgan Library.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7531872

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