BRACERS Notes

Record no. Notes, topics or text
114903
Dated by BR.
114904
114905

She remarks on Frank Russell's death.

114906
114907
114908
114909
114910

The photograph is of Ottoline and another woman, possibly a Mrs. Hendly.

114911

"Monday".

114912
114913
114914

The enclosed poem is titled "To Heraclitus" by Calemius and translated by William Cory. [The author is usually given as Callimachus.]

Ottoline is reading BR's early letters to her.

114915
114916
114917

Re Patricia: "I knew you were in love with someone."

114918

Ottoline has had a visit from Patricia—and liked her "immensely".

114919

Lytton Strachey "is very ill...."

114920

BR is coming up to London for broadcasting.

114921
114922
114923

"Et tu, brute".

114924

She includes notes on BR's Autobiography, "My First Fifty Years".

114925
114926

"Thurs."

114927
114928

"Friday".

114929
114930

"Easter Sunday".

114931
114932
114933
114934
114935
Re divorce.
114936
114937
114938

Written from Hyderabad, India.

114939

"Good Friday".

114940

"Monday". Dated 1935 because of Ottoline's reference to Patricia's "operation" to have her appendix removed.

114941

Dated by the inscription in her gift to BR of Shakespeare's Sonnets (Russell's Library, no. 1363).

114942

The note reads: "I shall say that you and I have to go to a 'meeting' at 3—o'c in case MM N stays too long."

114943

"Tuesday". Dated by reference to document .082772.

114944

She is still on holiday in France, having been in Provence where the Aldous Huxleys live.

Dated by her reference to BR's letter in The Nation, B&R C30.17.

114945

She sends "Lytton's book". That might be his posthumous Characters and Commentaries (1933), Russell's Library, no. 1,248.

114946

BR is back from somewhere.

[Ottoline is going down to Garsington, which the Morrells owned until 1928.]

114947

"Thursday". "We are both unbending and reserved".

114948

BR corrected the transcription.

Also in file, TL(TC,CAR).

114949

BR corrected the transcription.

Also in file, TL(TC,CAR), corrected by BR.

114950

BR corrected and annotated the transcription re Julian's marriage.

This Russell letter number might be an attempt to date the letter, which was undated, and might not be an actual letter number.

Also in file, TL(TC,CAR), corrected by BR.

114951

BR corrected the transcription.

Also in file, TL(TC, CAR).

114952

BR corrected the transcription.

Also in file, TL(TC,CAR).

114953

BR corrected the transcription.

Also in file, TL(TC,CAR).

114954

BR corrected the transcription.

Also in file, TL(TC,CAR), corrected by BR.

114955

BR corrected the transcription.

Also in file, TL(TC,CAR), corrected by BR.

114956

This and following letters are part of a docket of documents with the title-page: "In the County Court of Sussex / Holden at Midhurst / Russell v Russell / Copy Correspondence / Coward Chance & Co., 30, Mincing Lane, E.C.3."

114957
114958
114959
114960

The schedule concerns household and grounds equipment at Telegraph House.

114961
114962
114963

Re Russell versus Russell.

114964

Re Russell versus Russell.

114965

Re Russell versus Russell.

114966

The receipt is for a telescope: document number .133308. BR returned the telescope to Britnell & Crawter.

114967
114968
114969
The telescope's tripod is missing (document .133313 is a receipt dated next day for the tripod).
114970
114971
This letter quotes a letter from BR on the condition of the telescope. See record 114978.
114972
114973
114974

BR will swear in court that the box with the telescope was never opened. He will be abroad between Aug. 14 and 24.

114975

Vandercom & Co. have instructed this Midhurst solicitor to issue a summons.

114976

Re the trial for the telescope.

114977
A copy of the telescope correspondence is being sent; its return is requested.
114978

BR's response to Vandercom Stanton & Co.'s letter of 1929/06/24 is quoted in Coward Chance's reply of 1929/07/01. See record 114971. The carbon of BR's letter is document .133156.

BR can't admit any liability for repairs to the telescope.

114979

Re Telegraph House.

114980

Re settlements for John and Kate.

114981
114982

Davies received BR's "private letter" of Jan. 5.

114983
114984
Re settlements.
114985
114986
Re house insurances.
114987

Enclosed with document .133035, record 114986.

114988

Re 50 Cleveland Square.

114989
114990
114991

Re Mollie, Countess Russell's trust.

114992
114993
114994
114995
114996

A draft reply re Telegraph House.

114997
114998

Re Telegraph House.

114999
115000

"... you are beginning to take as black a view of him as I do." Re Frank Russell.

115001

Enclosed with document .133030, no record number.

115002
Enclosed with document .133030.