BRACERS Notes

Record no. Notes, topics or text
130801

An income tax notice of assessment for the period 1921–22.

130802

An income tax and house duty form for the period 1921–22.

130803

A receipt for BR's income tax, house duty and land tax.

130804

A receipt for BR's purchase of Sunny Bank and the deposit, lot money and contract fee for the house.

130805
130806

An invoice and receipt for cleaning the drain, putting fire bricks in the kitchen and two fire checks.

130807

Humphrys provides Dora with prices for proposed work on their home (Carn Voel).

130808

Humphrys provides Dora with prices for proposed work on their home (Carn Voel).

130809

An invoice for various items purchased at Alfred Smith, a home furnisher.

130810

A statement of account for their service in finding BR a tenant (Courtenay Pollock) for 31 Sydney Street.

130811

A statement of account for their service in finding BR a tenant (Mrs. R. Dick-Lauder) for 31, Sydney Street.

130812

A receipt for BR's share in Streatfeilds Patents and an enclosed cheque for £12 (not present).

130813

An invoice for groceries.

130814

A receipt for the amount £10.17.6.

130815

A share certificate from Streatfeild's Patents where BR held 50 "B" shares with a capital of £2625.

130816

A receipt for Dora's order.

130817
130818

An invoice and a receipt for a repaired silver teapot. 

130819

A receipt acknowledging the documents Dora sent them.

130820

A review of The Problem of China by Henry Hodgkin, "What Shall We Think of China?", The Friend, 20 Oct. 1922, pp. 726-7, was removed from Russell's copy of The Problem of China (Russell's Library, no. 3091). The original review has been filed in Reviews of Russell's books.

130821

An invoice for BR's purchase of four pictures, by cash, from John Peak, a house decorator and writer.

BR's payment was received on 21 September 1925.

130822

An invoice for Dora's purchases from Samuel Carter, a dispensing and photographic chemist.

Dora's payment was received on 13 August 1924.

130823

An invoice for BR's purchases of coffee beans and China tea.

130824

An invoice for BR's purchases and a receipt of his payment on 24 April 1925.

130825

An invoice for Dora's purchase of eight copies of her book Hypatia, or Women and Knowledge.

130826

An invoice for Dora's purchase of three copies of her book Hypatia, or Women and Knowledge.

130827

An invoice for Dora's purchase of various plants.

130828

A receipt for Dora's purchase of plants.

130829

An invoice and receipt.

130830

A receipt for Dora's purchase of a half gallon of No. 9 Art Green Paint.

130831

An invoice for four weeks of rent on Sunny Bank from May 3–17, May 24 and March 27 and 28.

130832

An invoice and a receipt for various items from Samuel Carter, a dispensing and photographic chemist.

130833

An invoice and a receipt for BR's purchase of small Egyptian cigarettes and golden mixture.

130834

An invoice and a receipt for BR's purchase of coffee and China tea.

130835

A receipt for rent of 34 Russell Chambers.

130836

An invoice for rent of 34 Russell Chambers.

130837

An invoice for repairs.

130838

An invoice and receipt for small Egyptian cigarettes and golden mixture.

130839

A receipt for BR's subscription to the Times.

130840

A notice for the water rate

130841

An invoice for the fees for professional attendance in January.

130842

An invoice for car repair and haulage.

130843

A notice for the water rate for 31 Sydney Street.

130844

A receipt for BR's payment of his water bill for 31 Sydney Street.

130845

A receipt for BR's rent payment for 34 Russell Chambers.

130846

An invoice and receipt for cleaning BR's windows at 31 Sydney Street.

130847

An invoice and receipt for BR's purchase including soap, matches and a saucepan.

130848

An invoice and receipt for BR's purchases in March.

130849

An invoice and receipt for a repair.

130850

An invoice for moving furniture from 34 Russell Chambers to 31 Sydney Street and other services.

130851

An invoice and receipt for haulage in May and July.

130852

An invoice and receipt for car hire and luggage.

130853

An invoice and receipt for repairs made in BR's breakfast room at 31 Sydney Street.

130854

A receipt for BR's payment to the Parish of St. Luke, Chelsea.

130855

An invoice for BR's payment due to the Parish of St. Luke, Chelsea.

130856

A notice and a receipt for a telephone service.

130857

An invoice and a receipt for BR's purchases of small Egyptian cigarettes and golden mixture from January to March.

130858

An invoice and receipt for the professional attendance of A.H. Richardson.

130859

An invoice and receipt for BR's purchases of coffee and China tea.

130860

A receipt for BR's payment of rent at 34 Russell Chambers.

130861

An invoice and receipt for BR's purchase of coffee and China tea.

130862

A prescription and directions to follow.

130863

An invoice and a receipt for professional attendance.

130864

A receipt for the amount of £37.17.9 BR paid to the Gas Light and Coke Company.

130865

A receipt for the amount of £37.17.9 BR paid to the Gas Light and Coke Company for maintenance repairs at 31 Sydney Street.

130866

An invoice for maintenance repairs at 31 Sydney Street.

130867

An invoice and receipt for Dora's purchases from Samuel Carter, a dispensing and photographic chemist.

130868

An invoice and receipt for BR's purchase of "compound lenses in tortoiseshell spectacles."

130869

An invoice and receipt for BR's purchase of coffee and China tea.

130870

An invoice and receipt for BR's purchase of coffee, China tea, a waterproof coat and a Schappe shirt blouse.

130871

A receipt for BR's rent payment at 34 Russell Chambers.

130872

An invoice for repairs made on 31, Sydney Street.

130873

An invoice and receipt for Dora's purchases of various items including a corset, a Mahogany chest of drawers and a baby plate.

130874

A receipt from H. Chappell & Company.

130875

An invoice and a receipt from The People, a Sunday paper.

130876

An invoice and a receipt for window cleaning at 31 Sydney Street.

130877

An invoice and a receipt for window cleaning at 31 Sydney Street.

130878

An invoice and a receipt for BR's purchase of coffee beans and China tea.

130879

An invoice and a receipt for professional attendance including a Clinical Research fee for analysis of milk.

130880

An invoice and a receipt for various purchases for the month of June.

130881

An invoice and a receipt for BR's purchase of coal.

130882

An invoice and a receipt for BR's purchase of striped cashmere trousers.

130883

A receipt for the amount of £18.9.8.

130884

A receipt for his telephone service.

130885

An invoice for goods.

130886

A receipt for BR's payment to the Parish of St. Luke, Chelsea.

130887

An invoice for BR's payment due to the Parish of St. Luke, Chelsea.

130888

A receipt for BR's yearly subscription to the P.E.N. Club.

130889

A receipt from R. Chirgwin & Son, Ltd.

130890

A receipt from the London County Council.

130891

BR critiques The Experience Universe. While he is sympathetic to many of the ideas, he ultimately does not agree. The complete postscript is missing. However, on the dictated (record 126091) and TL(CAR) (record 3230) forms of the letter, the complete postscript states: "You say that mathematical logic should only be employed where number or quantity is concerned. The main point of mathematical logic is to extend mathematical methods beyond this narrow region."

130892

"Ruja's reply was interesting but obscure to me. He said that BR ended up in the arms of Arafat or something like that. Didn't know BR had taken a position on the Palestinian question, too."

130893

"My autobiography is in I hope the last stages. I hope it won't be a posthumous work."

130894

Hook thinks Ruja was "too kind" to Langhammer in his review for Russell. Langhammer, according to Hook, quotes from BR's Theory and Practice of Bolshevism, but  "... ignores the remarkable analyses and predictions in the book of how Lenin's terror would transform the Utopian dream we all shared into a totalitarian nightmare."

"The really unforgivable theory about Russell is that knowing the truth about totalitarian communism his last political words, so to speak, were 'Long live Ho Chi Minh!' whose triumph resulted in the next to the worst Holocausts of modern times!"

130895

"I have received the transcript of my 'debate' with Russell. Incidentally, there was no rehearsal. We just engaged in general conversation before we went on the air."

"I am looking forward to receiving your letter anent my Russell piece in Encounter. I can now, thanks to you, date that exchange between Russell and me on his Glamour article. It was not published during the hot days of the controversy. It came out when there was some hope of taking an appeal and before he won his judgment against Barnes. My memory of my expostulations with him is sharp and strong because we were trying to emphasize his purely scholarly achievements in the public mind and blot out his role as advisor to the love-lorn."

130896

"It just suggested itself to me that the tapes I mailed by first class postage from here are being held up somewhere at Canadian customs." Blackwell notes in the margin that only one tape has arrived.

"P.S. Did you get the Reprint of the Russell Encounter article 2 March 1984"?

130897

"Here is the article I mentioned last week" (not present).

"Have the tapes reached you? They were marked Feb. 24."

130898

"I have not yet received a reply to my inquiry about whether or not you have published or intend to publish my exchange with Bertrand Russell in the Bertrand Russell Archives." The exchange between Hook and BR occurred in 1953 on the BBC.

130899

"This will authorize you to reprint in the Bertrand Russell Archives my exchange with BR over the BBC in 1953. Perhaps you have already done so. I rely on you for an accurate transcription."

"I trust this finds you well and that the powers that be at McMaster are aware of how much they owe you for your life long dedication to the BR project."

130900

"Thank you for your kindness and hospitality in showing me around the Russell Archives. You are certainly devoted to Russell and his memory."