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TCG Letter #1705


From
Kenneth Sisam
To
George S. Gordon
Date
15 May 1924
Type
Unknown
Transcript
Partial
Sisam replies to Gordon's letter. He supports Tolkien leaving the Clarendon Chaucer, noting that Tolkien has too much else getting in the way.
Notes
Wayne G. Hammond and Christina Scull inform us that Gordon writes to Tolkien [ Letter from George S. Gordon to J.R.R. Tolkien • ?May 1924 (#1703)]; Tolkien replies to Gordon with the news he is retiring from the Clarendon Chaucer project [ Letter from J.R.R. Tolkien to George S. Gordon • ?May 1924 (#1704)]; 15 May: Gordon informs Sisam... [ Letter from George S. Gordon to Kenneth Sisam • 15 May 1924 (#1641)]; 15 May: Sisam replies to Gordon on the news of Tolkien leaving the project [this letter].
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Tolkien's Lost Chaucer, p. 25
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