BRACERS Record Detail for 133463
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Collection code
RA3
Recent acquisition no.
1843
Document no.
313214
Box no.
17.49
Filed
F-1
Source if not BR
BRPF
Recipient(s)
"To Edith"
Sender(s)
BR
Date
1967*/
Form of letter
MS
Pieces
1
Notes and topics
The poem is the Autobiography's dedication to Edith. It is contained in a Notebook on which Edith wrote: "Two Most Precious Enclosures." The other precious item was Russell's 1961 letter from Brixton prison which has been placed in Box 8.01, record 20274. Also in the notebook is a pressed four leaf clover in paper which has separated.
"TO EDITH" is written in pencil and signed but is undated. Beside the word "peace", Russell placed an inked asterisk; below his signature he wrote: "*[substitute] I have found both ecstasy & peace".
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Publication
Auto. 1
Transcription Public Access
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Record no.
133463
Record created
Apr 24, 2023
Record last modified
Oct 22, 2024
Created/last modified by
duncana
