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Letter from Whitehead to Felix Frankfurter
Whitehead sends condolences about the loss of Frankfurter's brother.
Letter from Whitehead to Felix Frankfurter
Whitehead writes that he will miss Frankfurter, and consideres him a steward of civilization.
Letter from Felix Frankfurter to Whitehead
Frankfurter writes to protest a proposal to move Henry Murray's psychological clinic to the medical school.
Letter from Whitehead to Mark Barr
Whitehead tells Barr that he will no longer correspond or interact with Barr in any way.
Letter from William P. Montague to Whitehead
Montague thanks Whitehead for sending him a copy of Principle of Relativity, expresses shock that the Special Theory of Relativity is true, laying out various doubts and difficulties he has with it. Also mentions T.P. Nunn in a PS.
Letter from Ludwik Silberstein to Whitehead
Silberstein makes a reply to an article of Eddington's, sending a copy to Whitehead.
Letter from Whitehead to James H. Jeans
Whitehead replies to Jeans, withdrawing his paper and saying he will publish it elsewhere, while complaining that the paper's two referees had misunderstood it and made several criticisms which were entirely wrong.
Letter from James H. Jeans to Whitehead
Jeans asks whether Whitehead would like to read his paper "The Theory of the Inertial Field" at an upcoming meeting of the Royal Society, and also provides some criticisms of the paper, which would require revision if it was to be published.
Letter from William Ernest Hocking to Whitehead
Hocking thanks Whitehead for sending his handwritten notes on his 80th birthday speech, and returns the notes, having copied them down.
Letter from George D. Birkhoff to Whitehead
Birkhoff expresses excitement at Whitehead's coming.
Letter from Edmund Beecher Wilson to Whitehead
Wilson expresses excitement at Whitehead's coming, glad that an eminent philosopher will be arriving at Harvard to replace some of the great Harvard philosophers that had recently retired or died.
Letter from William McDougall to Whitehead
McDougall writes of arrangements for making use of his apartment upon the Whiteheads' arrival, and mentions a good nearby grocery store and a few restaurants.
Letter from Marion Reilly to Whitehead
Reilly writes of the Whiteheads' April visit to Bryn Mawr.
Letter from James H. Woods to Whitehead
Woods writes to say that Radcliffe is only a five-minute walk from the house where he believed Whitehead would be living (though he would not end up living there), says that $1,000 would be desposited into a Cambridge bank account for moving…
Letter from Jessie and Charles Whitehead to Evelyn Whitehead
Whitehead's daughter and brother wish ANW and Evelyn well on their migration to America.
Letter from Richard Haldane to Whitehead
Haldane writes that he is glad to hear of improvements to Evelyn's health, talks of a conference with J.J. Thomson and Eddington, mentions principles for congruence and measurement, plus Einstein. Also mentions that various bishops of Truro had been…
Letter from W.H. Lawrence to Whitehead
Lawrence writes to Whitehead concerning the latter's planned Lowell Lectures.
Letter from Thornton Butterworth, Ltd. to Whitehead
The Director of Thornton Butterworth, Ltd. requests that Whitehead sign the attached duplicate of a contract they sent to him on July 29, 1931.
Letter from G.C. Lowry to Whitehead
Lowry extends to Whitehead regrets over his departure, as well as best wishes for the future.
Letter from A. Gow to Whitehead
Gow extends to Whitehead the gratitude of the Governing Body of the Imperial College.
Letter from Thomas Greenwood to Whitehead
Greenwood expresses regret over being unable to see Whitehead and Evelyn before their departure for the United States, says he looks forward to the next International Congress of Philosophy, mentions progress on translating one of Whithead's books,…
Letter from Whitehead to Thomas Raymont
Whitehead writes to Raymont expressing his gratitude for the latter's letter of farewell and appreciation.
Letter from Thomas Raymont to Whitehead
Raymont extends well wishes and gratitude to Whitehead for his service to Goldsmiths' College, University of London.
Letter from Mabel Agassiz to Whitehead
Agassiz thanks Whitehead for sending a copy of his tribute to Lowell before it was published, and returns the copy to him.
The Problem of Being in Plato
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