BRACERS Record Detail for 132751

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Collection code
RA3
Recent acquisition no.
1851
Source if not BR
Bonhams auction and emailed photos
Recipient(s)
BR
Sender(s)
Bell, Clive
Date
1934/07/24
Form of letter
ALS(DX)
Pieces
1
Notes, topics or text

The auction was held 9 November 2022. Lot 258, to which this letter belonged, was sold for £11,000.

According to the auction site Bell asks BR for a letter of introduction for his son Julian as he applies to teach at a Chinese university. (Julian Bell died in the Spanish civil war on 18 July 1937.) The image available is incomplete showing only the front of the letter which discusses the Bell's travel plans.

Permission
Everyone
Transcription Public Access
No
Record no.
132751
Record created
Nov 10, 2022
Record last modified
Jan 24, 2024
Created/last modified by
whittle