Item 2 - Postcard with printed advertisement of the sale of the furnishings of Bertrand Russell's room at Trinity

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O./11a.4/2

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Postcard with printed advertisement of the sale of the furnishings of Bertrand Russell's room at Trinity

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  • Jul. 1916 (Creation)

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1 printed postcard.

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Trinity College Library, Cambridge

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Trinity College Library, Cambridge

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Presented by [Charles?] John Whitaker to the University Library, Cambridge, in Jan. 1945.

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Presented by A. F. Scholfield, University Librarian, to Trinity in Nov. 1946 (see O.11.a.4/2A).

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Sale to be held by auction by Catling and Son at the Corn Exchange, Cambridge, 26 Jul. 1916. Goods removed from Trinity under a Distress levied for non-payment of a fine under the Defence of the Realm (Consolidation) Regulations, 1914; they include a Chippendale settee, gold watch and chain, Russell's Columbia University Butler gold medal (awarded in 1915), and over 1, 500 books. Sent to J[ohn] Whitaker, 68 Bridge Street, Cambridge, on 24 Jul. 1916. With stamp of the University Library, Cambridge, as it was first donated there, probably by Whitaker's son.

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      O.11.a.4/2

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