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World War II-dated ALS from Aileen Chadwick, the wife of British experimental physicist James Chadwick, who received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1935 for his discovery of the neutron. In 1941, he drafted the MAUD Report, which spurred U.S. atomic bomb research, and he later led the British team that worked on the Manhattan Project. Four pages on two sheets, 7 x 10.25 and 8 x 10, 1625 Q Street letterhead, August 14, 1945. Lengthy handwritten letter to Mrs. Ashbridge, the wife of Lt. Col. Whitney Ashbridge, the military commander of the Army Post at Los Alamos during the Manhattan Project, penned days after the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, at a moment when the world was still grappling with the unprecedented scale and consequences of the event. The letter, in part: “How nice of you to write. We do both thank you very much. Jimmy is so busy I doubt if he can write personally, but I know he will if he can find a minute. We have thought of you so much and wish the Colonel could have been there for the final, but I am sure he was pleased. Yes, I can now admit that I know much more than most people, not technical details of course, but quite enough to turn me into a first-class liar. How glad I am I can emerge from obscurity and not have to appear slightly idiotic.
In spite of the uncomfortable feeling that this was a terrible thing to make, we are overjoyed at success and there is no doubt Japan must give in no matter how long they try to stall saving face. I hope it will mean your Whitney can soon return. I wonder how he finds Manila. We shall be here for some time yet, though we have hopes of returning this winter. We moved in May, and while this house is all stairs, it is very conveniently situated and family comfortable. Jimmy is very tired and dislikes being front-page news in one way, but in another, of course, he is proud. We have all been interviewed, but thank goodness my interview has not appeared, though I fear it has at home.” In fine condition. Accompanied by the original hand-addressed mailing envelope, postmarked from Washington, D.C., on August 17, 1945.
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