BRACERS Record Detail for 132379
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BR asks the Cambridge Daily News to publish a statement that Patricia and he do not wish to be known as "Mr and Lady Russell". He signed the letter simply "Russell". The statement is no longer included with the letter. It was published as "Earl Russell Explains", ibid., 5 May 1945, p. 5 (B&R C45.07a).
BR TO CAMBRIDGE DAILY NEWS, 26 APR. 1945
BRACERS 132379. TLS. David Harley
Edited by K. Blackwell. Reviewed by A.G. Bone
Grosvenor Lodge, Babraham Road1
Cambridge.
April 26 1945
The Editor
Cambridge Daily News
Cambridge.
Dear Sir,
Since coming to live in Cambridge,2 my wife and I have both caused and experienced embarrassment because of erroneous reports that we wish to be known as “Mr. and Lady Russell”. This appears a trivial matter, and for this reason it is difficult to eradicate a mistaken impression which is a minor irritation in daily life. It seems best to make a public statement, which I enclose. I hope you may find room to publish it.3
Yours faithfully,
<signed> Russell
(Earl Russell)
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[document] The letter was edited from a digital copy of the typed letter provided by the owner, David Harley of Paris, Ontario.
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live in Cambridge BR began living in Cambridge in August 1944, in rooms in Trinity College. Patricia and their son, Conrad, moved into separate quarters in Cambridge until their house, Grosvenor Lodge, was ready for occupancy.
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statement … publish it As “Earl Russell Explains”, Cambridge Daily News, 5 May 1945, p. 5 (B&R2 C45.07a); 4a in Papers 24 (in progress). The statement was insufficient, and BR issued a revised statement on or about 18 May 1945 (4b in Papers 24).