BRACERS Notes

Record no. Notes, topics or text
52902
52903
52904
52905
52906
52907
52908
52909
52910
52911
52912
52913
52914
52915
52916
52917

An appreciation of BR's mind as exhibited in An Inquiry into Meaning and Truth. An extract from a letter.

52918

Note in BR's hand re Margaret Llewelyn Davies and her brothers.

52919

Note in BR's hand re his "vast correspondence" with Margaret Llewelyn Davies.

52920

Written after the death of Theodore Llewelyn Davies. In the file is a note by BR: "Sister of Crompton and Theodore Llewelyn Davies".

52921
On personal, family and women's suffrage matters.
52922

Davies read and liked BR's paper, probably "The Study of Mathematics". She mentions Whitehead family illnesses.

52923

Davies is sorry for the delay in returning BR's paper. On Santayana—if he is "civilized", do not become so.

52924

Dated by BR. Davies tells BR of Arthur Llewelyn Davies' upcoming operation for sarcoma.

52925
Dated by BR. Arthur has had his operation.
52926

Dated by BR. There is mention of visiting the Whiteheads.

52927

On suffrage issues, socialism in Belgium (which she will see at first hand), BR's article on Santayana, and Miss Minturn's translation of Jaurès. She suggests that BR continue Mill on suffrage.

52928

On one of Theodore's Cambridge papers, "Is the Fallacy Pathetic?" BR has completed the dating of the letter.

52929

On Arthur's recovery from his operation.

52930

Dated by BR. On an International Socialist Conference in London, and Vandervelde in High Park. Arthur's recovery.

52931
BR has completed the dating. Arthur's illness.
52932

BR has completed the dating. On Labour and Socialism.

52933

Alys Russell travelled to Belgium with Davies. This was after Davies' May letter to BR and before her undated letter (record 52933) in which she refers to September events as in the past.

52934

Dated by BR. Davies writes about death, with her brother Arthur being so ill.

52935

Davies is interested in French politics. She asks to see BR's paper on truth, one he read to "your Society".

52936

Not a letter; rather, a ms. "Proposed Draft of Leaflet, Explaining the Reasons for the Society"; and a printed Letter to the Rt. Hon. H.H. Asquith, M.P., on Women's Suffrage, by Margaret Llewelyn Davies. The Society is the People's Suffrage Federation. The latter document was written for the Women's Co-Operative Guild.

52937

On her father's health and the French "symbolic person", Marie Anne. The letter has "Tuesday evening" and "Wednesday" sections.

52938

BR has dated the letter from the postmark on this "envelnote".

52939

On Arthur's illness, and Dickinson's bill concerning suffrage.

52940

On women's suffrage. Davies is feeling more respectful of the WSPU. The letter is dated Easter Sunday.

52941
BR has supplied the year.
52942

Dated by BR. On George Trevelyan's writing style.

52943

Dated by BR. On BR's candidature (in Wimbledon) for the NUWSS.

52944

The telegram is annotated by BR: "Wimbledon by-election".

52945
BR has supplied the year. On suffrage.
52946
The letter was dated and (much later) annotated by BR.
52947

BR has supplied the year. Davies asks BR's opinion of her ideas on suffrage and a "limited wage".

52948
Dated by BR. Davies writes again on wages.
52949

Dated by BR. Davies is in Switzerland with her Guild people and Jessie [Whitehead?]. Helen Fry's illness is mentioned. The enclosed poem is titled "The Forlorn Hope" by F.E. Garrett.

52950

Dated by BR. Davies refers to interesting goings-on at the French socialist congress on war.

52951

The photo is of an unidentified group in the country. The group may be those who recently visited Switzerland, as one member is a young girl, perhaps Jessie Whitehead who was in the party.

52952

The letter is a copy of the one sent to Mrs. Despard, of the Women's Social and Political Union, on a split in the society.

52953

The letter is annotated by BR on Lord (R.B.) Haldane. BR supplied the year for the date. On women's rights.

52954
BR has dated the letter. "men must all become angels before there is much of a life for them [women]."
52955
BR has supplied the year. Davies discourses on suffrage meetings and personalities. She wonders why it never happens that she and BR never find themselves in the same hotel.
52956

BR has supplied the year. Davies tells him: "Don't fail at the House of Commons on Tuesday."

52957
BR has supplied the year. On suffrage meetings and demonstrations.
52958
BR has supplied the year. On a small piece of paper BR has written "political / 1908".
52959

BR has supplied the date from the postmark. Davies has succeeded in getting suffrage considered at the Co-Operative Congress.

52960

BR has dated the letter from the postmark on this "envelnote". Davies mentions a Nation article, "The Sex War".

52961

BR has supplied the date. Davies asks if BR is satisfied with his suffrage efforts. "I thought yr Asquith speech excellent".

52962
BR has supplied the date.
52963
BR has supplied the date.
52964
Davies agrees with BR that long advocacy of a cause destroys judgment.
52965

BR has dated the letter. Davies contrasts "Boer women defending home and country, and Englishwomen fighting for their sisters".

52966

Davies' note is added after Nash's letter, which asks BR to come to a meeting to consider forming a People's Suffrage Federation.

52967
On suffrage politics.
52968

Davies encloses (not present) Asquith's reply. Material dated Dec. 10 is being sent to the newspapers. "Father has at last condescended to wear the waistcoat which saved yr life".

52969
BR has supplied the year. Davies mentions the general election.
52970

This entry is for Davies' note at the top of document .048990.

52971

Davies writes in response to Alys Russell's letter saying that BR and she have parted. BR initially dated this card April 1911 and changed it to June.

52972

Davies mentions her causes, now including divorce law reform, and that Alys "is much better and doing suffrage".

52973
BR has dated the letter. On divorce law reform.
52974

Dated by references to BR's reply of 16 April 1913, document .049112. Davies asks about Rupert Brooke.

52975
On resolutions re divorce for the upcoming congress.
52976

BR has supplied the year. On home rule, A.N. Whitehead's politics, Ethel and Josiah Wedgwood, Mrs. Webb, and hearing Mrs. Besant's lecture.

52977

BR has supplied the year. On her father's death; on the Irish executions and Roger Casement.

52978

Davies mentions her disgust at Trinity College and a petition on behalf of Roger Casement.

52979

BR has supplied the year. Davies will come to Clerkenwell tomorrow. BR's protest will be worthwhile and will merit him a place in Bury's History of Freedom of Thought: "Well done."

52980

Dated Jan.-Feb. 1908 (?) by N. Griffin. Re Stanger's bill.

52981

The letter seems to be after BR resigned from the N.U.W.S.S.

52982

There is mention of the N.U.W.S.S.

52983

Davies suggests April 22 for a meeting.

52984

Davies refers to "a fine suffrage number" of the Manchester Guardian. She will watch for Riders of the Sea (by Synge) being performed.

52985

Davies has got a theatre ticket for BR. She asks for the name of any nice village in Brittany.

52986

Davies encourages BR to attend performances of Deirdre of the Sorrows and Hyacinth Haley by Lady Gregory (the Irish playwright).

52987

Dated from N. Griffin's note about Lloyd George's speech (referred to in the letter) having been in December 1908. Davies thanks BR for writing to The Christian Commonwealth.

52988

BR's reply of 8 August 1908 seems to be a reply to this letter, because of Davies' reference to BR being upset at Mrs. B. Grieg's article.

52989

Dated autumn 1908 by N. Griffin from the references to the Whiteheads' illnesses.

52990

BR is at the Hotel des Bains, Asnellos, Calvados, where he has accompanied Crompton following Theodore's death.

52991
52992
52993

On mathematics. BR has annotated the letter.

52994

BR is at Providence House, Clovelly. On his "book-fever" (Principia); Santayana.

52995

BR is at Providence House. He has attempted to write on "the suffrage". On solitude; and on pleasure or pain in work. Socialism.

52996

"I detest the general assumption of women's inferiority, which seems to me degrading to both men and women."

52997

On Arthur Llewelyn Davies' operation.

52998

BR mentions a congress at Ipswich.

52999

BR mentions Dr. Shuckburgh's death; Tönnies; Frau Braun and the Marxists and German social democracy.

53000

Anxiety over Arthur, with BR referring to her father's letter.

53001

On reading Charles Lamb.