Item 291 - Draft statement by Elizabeth Trevelyan attesting to Bertrand Russell's qualities as a father

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Draft statement by Elizabeth Trevelyan attesting to Bertrand Russell's qualities as a father

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  • 22 May 1934 (Creation)

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1 item: draft letter with envelope.

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The Shiffolds, Holmbury St Mary, Dorking. - States the Trevelyans' belief that Russell is an 'excellent and most devoted father' to his children, and there is 'no lack of affection between them and him and Miss Spence'. Hopes that the arrangements made for the children's custody will satisfy both parents; this last statement is corrected from the hope that 'the parents may equally have a share in the custody of the two children'.

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      5/212: letter from Bertrand Russell to Elizabeth Trevelyan, 17 May 1934, requesting a statement of support for his claim of a share of custody.
      5/213: letter from Bertrand Russell to Elizabeth Trevelyan, 17 May 1934, explaining the facts of the custody case.
      5/292: draft letter from Elizabeth Trevelyan to Crompton Llewelyn Davies accompanying this statement

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