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ReferenceBBW/2/1/8/3

Title

Draft appeal to tribunal

Dateapprox May 1942

DescriptionBritten manuscript (in red crayon) draft response appealing the decision of the original tribunal in May 1942. The tribunal had 'failed to appreciate the religious background of my conscience'.

Written on the back of a typescript 'Alternative budget', apparently from the Peace Pledge Union.

Extent1 item

Physical DescriptionRed crayon; 1 page (2 sides); 26 x 21 cm

CopyrightBritten Estate

Publication NotePublished as footnote to no 12 in Paul Kildea 'Britten On Music' (OUP, 2003), p. 41.
Also published in Mitchell & Reed, Letters from a Life Vol II, p1058.

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