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Clementine Churchill to W. Averell Harriman, April 15, 1941
Moved by the suffering, endurance, and courage displayed by the residents of Bristol during an air raid that took place while Churchill and Harriman were visiting there, Harriman made an anonymous donation to a relief fund. In this thank you note Clementine Churchill wrote of her hope that "all this pain and grief" might "bring our two countries permanently together." "Anyhow," she concluded, "whatever happens we do not feel alone any more." |
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Object Details:
Holograph letter. Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (116)
Related Theme:
World War II
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Transcript:
Tuesday April the 15th 1941
My dear Mr. Harriman
I am sending your generous present to the Lord Mayor of Bristol & although I shall respect your wish that it shall be anonymous, I shall tell him how moved the giver was by the sufferings and bearing of the people of Bristol.
I feel it Is the fervent hope and prayer of many of us that all this pain and grief, some of which we have perhaps deserved by our blindness and negligence, may bring our two countries permanently together & that they may grow to understand each other. Anyhow, whatever happens we do not feel alone any more.
Yours very sincerely
Clementine S. Churchill |
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