BRACERS Record Detail for 131519

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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)
Halfhill, Robert Wakefield
Sender(s)
BR
Date
1963/04/23
Full date (Estimate)
1963/04/23
Form of letter
TLS
Pieces
1
BR's address code (if sender)
PP
Notes and topics

BR admires Halfill's opposition to capital punishment and the military machine.

The typed carbon is available at record 24224.

Transcription

BR TO ROBERT WAKEFIELD HALFHILL, 23 APR. 1963
BRACERS 131519. TLS. McMaster
Proofread by K. Blackwell

From: The Earl Russell, O.M., F.R.S.
<letterhead>
Plas Penrhyn,
Penrhyndeudraeth,
Merioneth.1
23rd April, 1963.

Mr. Robert Wakefield Halfhill,
Box 1066,
Donovan Hall,
University of Kentucky,
Lexington,
Kentucky,
U.S.A.

Dear Mr. Halfhill,

Thank you very much for your letter of March 31st, which gave me great pleasure. I much admire your courage in your opposition to capital punishment and the military machine, and I wish to encourage you in all that you are doing.

With good wishes,

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.
131519
Record created
Apr 03, 2017
Record last modified
Jun 10, 2026
Created/last modified by
duncana