BRACERS Record Detail for 124519
To access the original letter, email the Russell Archives.
The original letter, in French, is translated in Elena Anne Marchisotto and James T. Smith, The Legacy of Mario Pieri in Geometry and Arithmetic (Boston: Birkhäuser, 2007), p. 2, and reprinted at http://www-history.mcs.st-andrews.ac.uk/Biographies/Pieri.html.
The original letter is published in Gino Arrighi, ed., Lettere a Mario Pieri (1884-1913) (Milan: Università Bocconi, 1997), p. 105. The original was available at that time, but has since disappeared along with the other letters in Arrighi's edition.
BR TO MARIO PIERI, 16 MAR. 1912
BRACERS 124519. PD. Lettere a Mario Pieri, p. 105. Trans. E.A. Marchisotto & J.T. Smith
Proofread by K. Blackwell
Trinity College, Cambridge 16.III.12
Sir, and dear colleague,
As Secretary of the philosophy section of the congress of mathematicians that will be held during the month of August in Cambridge, and as an admirer of your works, I have the honour of earnestly asking you to give a talk and take part in our discussions. The works of Whitehead and me, as you know, are based on the works of the Italian School, and I deeply desire that it will be well represented here in the Philosophy Section.
Believe, dear Sir, in the assurance of my highest esteem and friendly sentiments.
Bertrand Russell
