BRACERS Record Detail for 131540
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BR requests the recipient notify him of any papers he or others may possess relating to him or his family. The recipient's name and address has been cut out of the letter, but it was mailed to an address in New York City. The recipient could have been the auction house of Charles Hamilton, who in 1963 had sold 4 letters from BR to John Barran (B&R J63.01). BR's request was in an effort to enlarge the Russell Archives before their sale. He wrote also to Lester Denonn and K. Blackwell in the same vein.
It seems likely that the letter is the ribbon copy of the carbon at 3865.
BR TO CHARLES HAMILTON AUTOGRAPHS, 18 JULY 1966
BRACERS 131540. TLS. David Harley Collection
Proofread by K. Blackwell
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Bertrand Russell Peace Foundation1
18 July, 1966
New York, N.Y.
U.S.A.
Dear Sirs:
I am writing to you with regard to a project which I am currently undertaking: namely, the acquisition of papers relating to my family or myself which are now in the hands of dealers or private collectors. If you, or any persons known to you, possess such documents, I should be pleased to learn whether they would be availablea and on what terms.
I look forward to hearing from you at your earliest opportunity.
Yours sincerely,
<signed> Bertrand Russell
Bertrand Russell
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[document] Proofread against an image of the original document. There are 18 sponsors listed and former directors. Despite the excision of the recipient’s name, it was identified as Charles Hamilton Autographs.
Textual Notes
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documents … available It is not known of any documents come to light this way. K. Blackwell received an identical letter.
