Item 255 - Letter from Bertrand Russell to Elizabeth Trevelyan

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Letter from Bertrand Russell to Elizabeth Trevelyan

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  • 13 Sept 1953 (Creation)

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Trevelyan, Robert Calverley (1872-1951), poet, dramatist, and translator
(1872-1951)

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Trinity College Library, Cambridge

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41 Queen's Road, Richmond, Surrey. - Thanks Elizabeth for her letter about his broadcast on his Cambridge friends ["Portraits from Memory"]; is extremely glad she liked what he said about Bob and to have recalled his exclamation about his library [asked if he would destroy the world if he could, Bob exclaimed "What? Destroy my library?"] Is sorry she is having domestic troubles, and would be pleased to visit again for the day when she is over her 'bad patch'.

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