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TCG Letter #1118


From
Robert Gilson
To
J.R.R. Tolkien
Date
4 January 1914
Type
Unknown
Transcript
Partial
Gilson sincerely congratulates Tolkien on his engagement, but with mixed feelings due to Tolkien likely getting distracted from his friends.
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References
Tolkien and the Great War, p. 33 ('Convention bids me...')
The J.R.R. Tolkien Companion and Guide - Chronology (2017), p. 124 (summary). (The T.C.B.S. was began during the Summer term 1911 at King Edward School. See various entries re. T.C.B.S. and TCBS.)
The J.R.R. Tolkien Companion and Guide - Reader's Guide Part 2 (2017), pp. 1281-88 (entry for T.C.B.S.)


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