This file contains three letters from 1945 that are part of the correspondence between Franklin Wolff and George Briggs. Mr. Briggs was Sherifa’s second husband (Wolff, her third) and the father of James Briggs, Sherifa’s son. Although there undoubtedly should be more letters in this file, only one original letter has been delivered; the other two letters here are transcriptions and it is not known how faithful they are to the originals.
The first letter in this file refers to a question that Mr. Briggs had posed to Wolff, presumably about the concept of specific gravity. The next two (transcribed) letters refer to Wolff’s recently published book, Pathways Through to Space: the first contains Mr. Briggs’s reflections on this tome; the second is Wolff’s response and contains some valuable insight into his ambitions for this work.
This correspondence reveals that Wolff and Mr. Briggs maintained a cordial relationship and that Mr. Briggs was a well-read and intelligent man. (4 pages)
