BRACERS Record Detail for 11841

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Collection code
RA1
Class no.
750
Document no.
00000004
Box no.
11.13
Recipient(s)
[ ]
Sender(s)
BR
Date
1952/05/24
Enclosures/References
Throw away
Form of letter
ALD
Notes and topics

Deceased wife's sister law repealed about 50 yrs ago.

Transcription

BR TO UNIDENTIFIED, 24 MAY 1952
BRACERS 11841. ALD. McMaster. Russell 15 (1995): 48
Edited by K. Blackwell


Dear Madam,12

I cannot answer your questions with precision. The law against marrying one’s deceased wife’s sister is in the Bible3 and was the law of all Christian countries. It was repealed in England about fifty years ago, but I do not know the exact date.4

Yours truly

 

  • 1[document] Published in K. Blackwell, “Two Days in the Dictation of Bertrand Russell”, Russell 15 (1995): 37–52 (at 48).
  • 2

    Madam Unidentified.

  • 3

    Bible Leviticus 20: 21. BR notes to an unnamed correspondent that “the contrary command is in Deuteronomy xxv: 5” (RA1 750, 23 Dec. 1953).

  • 4

    I do not know the exact date. The Deceased Wife’s Sister’s Act was passed in 1907.

Permission
Everyone
Transcription Public Access
Yes
Record no.
11841
Record created
Dec 06, 1989
Record last modified
Jun 23, 2025
Created/last modified by
blackwk