BRACERS Record Detail for 121124

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Collection code
RA3
Recent acquisition no.
1896
Box no.
16.84
Filed
1896d
Source if not BR
Thacher, Michael, donation
Recipient(s)
Nicholson, Marjorie
Reader's Digest, The
Sender(s)
BR
Date
1964/06/06
Full date (Estimate)
1964/06/06
Form of letter
TLS
Pieces
1
BR's address code (if sender)
PP
Notes and topics

BR does not wish a certain quotation to be attributed to him.

A typed copy of this letter is in RA1 313, record 10230.

Transcription

BR TO THE READER’S DIGEST / MARJORIE NICHOLSON, 6 JUNE 1964
BRACERS 121124. TLS. McMaster
Proofread by K. Blackwell

From: The Earl Russell, O.M., F.R.S.,
<letterhead>
Plas Penrhyn,
Penrhyndeudraeth,
Merioneth.1
6 June, 1964.

Miss Marjorie Nicholson,
The Reader’s Digest,
Pleasantville,
New York.

Dear Madam,

Thank you for your letter of June 2. So far as I can remember, I am not the author of the quip concerning which you write. I do not wish it to be attributed to me.

Yours sincerely,
<signed> Bertrand Russell
Bertrand Russell

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

Permission
Everyone
Transcription Public Access
Yes
Record no.
121124
Record created
Jun 20, 2014
Record last modified
Jun 10, 2026
Created/last modified by
duncana