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TCG Letter #1189


From
J.R.R. Tolkien
To
Edith Bratt
Date
5 August 1914
Type
Unknown
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Tolkien writes to Edith about his hikes in Cornwall with Father Vincent Reade of the Birmingham Oratory. The two were visiting the Lizard Peninsula from ~5 August through ~19 August.

Chronology notes that Tolkien wrote to Edith on 5, 8, 11, 14, and 16 August, and that a significant portion of the quotes reproduced in Carpenter's Biography came from the 8 August letter.

Letters written during Tolkien's visit to Cornwall include:
Letter from J.R.R. Tolkien to Edith Bratt • 5 August 1914 (#1189) (this letter)
Letter from J.R.R. Tolkien to Edith Bratt • 8 August 1914 (#1119)
Letter from J.R.R. Tolkien to Edith Bratt • 11 August 1914 (#1190)
Letter from J.R.R. Tolkien to Edith Bratt • 14 August 1914 (#1191)
Letter from J.R.R. Tolkien to Edith Bratt • August 16 1914 (#1120)
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