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TCG Letter #1187


From
Rob Gilson
To
Marianne Cary Gilson
Date
17 February 1914
Type
Unknown
Transcript
Partial
Rob Gilson writes to his stepmother, Marianne Cary Gilson after a weekend in Oxford with Christopher Wiseman, T.K. Barnsley, G.B. Smith and Tolkien. He mentions spending a weekend with Scopes and Tolkien and G.B. Smith, who all "seem very contented with life".
Notes
A short excerpt is found in Tolkien and the Great War by John Garth.
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References
Tolkien and the Great War, p. 7 (Barnsley and GBS agree to play); p. 32 ('We had such a splendid week-end...')


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