BRACERS Record Detail for 56265

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Collection code
RA3
Recent acquisition no.
588
Source if not BR
Svenska Akademien
Recipient(s)
Swedish Academy
Österling, Anders
Sender(s)
BR
Date
1950/11/22
Form of letter
ALS(X)
Pieces
2
BR's address code (if sender)
LRI
Notes and topics

Re the great honour of the Nobel Prize. Will BR "need a tail coat or a dinner jacket or both or neither?"

Transcription

BR TO SWEDISH ACADEMY / ANDERS OSTERLING, 22 NOV. 1950
BRACERS 56265. ALS(X). Svenska Akademien
Proofread by K. Blackwell

41 Queen’s Road
Richmond, Surreya
22.11.50

Dear Sir

On returning yesterday from America I found your letter of November 18. I wish to express my warm thanks to the Swedish Academy for the great honour conferred upon me. It gives me much pleasure to accept the invitation to Stockholm for myself alone; my wife has bad health and will not be able to come. The letter to Princeton which you mention did not reach me. Would it be too much trouble to repeat the information it contained?

Would you be so very kind as to let me know whether I shall need a tail coat or a dinner jacket or both or neither?

Yours sincerely
Bertrand Russell

Textual Notes

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    41 Queen’s Road | Richmond, Surrey above deleted <letterhead> Penralltgoch | Llan Ffestiniog | Merioneth

Permission
Everyone
Transcription Public Access
Yes
Record no.
56265
Record created
Dec 22, 2005
Record last modified
Oct 06, 2023
Created/last modified by
blackwk