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TCG Letter #1 / Carpenter Letter #1
From
J.R.R. Tolkien
To
Edith Bratt
Date
c. 23 (or 26) October 1914
Type
Unknown
Transcript
Partial
Written during Tolkien's final undergraduate year at Oxford. Describes his studies and social interactions.
Note on the dating of this letter: Humphrey Carpenter dated this letter as October 1914, and Wayne G. Hammond and Christina Scull dated the letter more closely to c. 23 October 1914 in the Companion and Guide: Chronology, but then redated the letter to c. 22 October 1914 on their website (https://www.hammondandscull.com/addenda/chronology2.html).
Lucy McCann from the Bodleian archives has alerted us to another possible dating which is still being investigated, that being 26 October, 1914.
Note on the dating of this letter: Humphrey Carpenter dated this letter as October 1914, and Wayne G. Hammond and Christina Scull dated the letter more closely to c. 23 October 1914 in the Companion and Guide: Chronology, but then redated the letter to c. 22 October 1914 on their website (https://www.hammondandscull.com/addenda/chronology2.html).
Lucy McCann from the Bodleian archives has alerted us to another possible dating which is still being investigated, that being 26 October, 1914.
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