BRACERS Record Detail for 56051

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Collection code
RA3
Recent acquisition no.
501E
Source if not BR
Crawshay-Williams Estate, Rupert
Recipient(s)
Crawshay-Williams, Rupert
Sender(s)
BR
Date
1949/07/18
Form of letter
ALS
Pieces
1
BR's address code (if sender)
FFE
Notes and topics

BR sends Crawshay-Williams a cheque for whisky and quotes Omar Khayyam.

Transcription

BR TO RUPERT CRAWSHAY-WILLIAMS, 18 JULY 1949
BRACERS 56051. ALS. McMaster
Proofread by K. Blackwell


<letterhead>
Penralltgoch
Llan Ffestiniog
Merioneth
18.7.49

Dear Rupert

I enclose cheque for whisky. Do you remember Omar Khayyam:

I often wonder what the vintners buy
One half so precious as the stuff they sell.

The question is relevant.

Thank Elizabeth for Yorkshire pudding etc.

Yrs aff
William Collins1

  • 1

    William Collins Eighteenth-century poet, author of Persian Eclogues​​​​​​ ​— a rare use, for Russell, of an epistolary pseudonym.

Permission
Everyone
Transcription Public Access
Yes
Record no.
56051
Record created
Jan 10, 2006
Record last modified
Jun 23, 2025
Created/last modified by
duncana