BRACERS Record Detail for 135505

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Collection code
RA3
Recent acquisition no.
1896
Box no.
16.84
Filed
1896b
Source if not BR
Thacher, Michael, donation
Recipient(s)
Alfredson, Robert W.
Sender(s)
BR
Date
1956/02/18
Full date (Estimate)
1956/02/18
Form of letter
TLS
Pieces
1
BR's address code (if sender)
LRI
Notes and topics

BR thanks Alfredson for encouragement and notes that he met Masaryk once. The dictated form of this letter is at record 14565.

Included with this letter at the time of donation are a copy of Alfredson's letter (record 21252) to BR, and BR's pamphlets Democracy and Direct Action and Message from Bertrand Russell to the International Conference of Parliamentarians in Cairo.

Transcription

BR TO ROBERT W. ALFREDSON, 18 FEB. 1956
BRACERS 135505. TLS. McMaster
Proofread by K. Blackwell


<letterhead>
41 Queen’s Road
Richmond
Surrey1
18 February, 1956.

Dear Mr. Alfredson,

Thank you for your very nice letter of February 1. Such letters are an encouragement, especially as the kind of line that I am apt to take often brings me up against opposition from both Right and Left. I am in complete agreement with the opinions that you express in your letter.

I once had the pleasure of meeting Masaryk,a for whom I had a great admiration.

Yours sincerely,
<signed> Bertrand Russell

  • 1

    [document] Proofread against a photocopy of the original letter.

Textual Notes

  • a

    Masaryk, comma inserted

Publication
Re B&R A32, A150.
Permission
Everyone
Transcription Public Access
Yes
Record no.
135505
Record created
Mar 13, 2025
Record last modified
Jun 10, 2026
Created/last modified by
duncana