Autograph letter signed with initials : London, to his mother, Harriet Collins, 1864 June 11.

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Autograph letter signed with initials : London, to his mother, Harriet Collins, 1864 June 11.

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Sending her four autographs and two photographs (autographs and phorographs not included in this collection); mentioning the new book he is having published serially in Cornhill magazine; and noting that Mr. [George] Smith was "very much pleased with the first part" of the book.

1 item (2 p.) ; 17.7 cm. + envelope.

Pierpont Morgan Library.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7531905

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