BRACERS Record Detail for 52848

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Collection code
RA3
Recent acquisition no.
285
Source if not BR
Trinity College Library
Recipient(s)
Trevelyan, Elizabeth
Sender(s)
BR
Date
1945/08/14
Form of letter
ALS(X)
Pieces
1
BR's address code (if sender)
HP
Notes and topics

The Russells will visit at Shiffolds, Sept. 7-10. "The Labour victory made us happy for a moment, but the atomic bomb brought one back to reality with a bump."

Transcription

BR TO ELIZABETH TREVELYAN, 14 AUG. 1945
BRACERS 52848. ALS(X). Trinity College Library
Proofread by K. Blackwell

<letterhead>
THE HOTEL PORTMEIRION
PENRHYNDEUDRAETH NORTH WALES
August 14, 1945

Dear Elizabeth

Thank you for your letter. D.V., we will all three come Sp. 7–10; but Peter’s health is rather precarious, so it is always possible she may be unable to come.

The Labour victory made us happy for a moment, but the atomic bomb1 brought one back to reality with a bump.

Much love from us both.

Yrs aff
B.R.

  • 1

    the atomic bomb Russell had already written for the first time on it. See “The Bomb and Civilization” (B&R C48.14), 58 in Collected Papers 24.

Permission
Everyone
Transcription Public Access
Yes
Record no.
52848
Record created
Dec 22, 2005
Record last modified
Jun 23, 2025
Created/last modified by
duncana