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TCG Letter #1470 / Carpenter Letter #222a


From
J.R.R. Tolkien
To
Rayner Unwin
Date
9 February 1960
Type
Unknown
Transcript
Partial
Tolkien informs Rayner that by way of looking at the "Scunthorpe lists". He has also continued work on The Silmarillion, and can say that it is in an active working phase. He also states that his new secretary has been very helpful with this.
Notes
The "Scunthorpe lists" are thought to be connected to a list that a librarian from Scunthorpe produced. Rayner Unwin had forwarded to Tolkien various lists of names, places, and words found in The Lord of the Rings.
While this letter is newly published under the covers of Tolkien's letters, it has been published previous in Chronology, p. 584.
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