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TCG Letter #2051


From
Hugh Brogan
To
J.R.R. Tolkien
Date
8 April 1948
Type
Unknown
Transcript
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In a series of seven letters, a young reader, Hugh Brogan, writes to Tolkien on the matter of his "thirst for more information about Middle-earth"Catherine McIlwaine, Bodleian Library, Oxford[1] and remarks on his family life.This letter was sent in reply to Tolkien's own of 7 April, see Carpenter #114: Letter from J.R.R. Tolkien to Hugh Brogan • 7 April 1948 (#266)[2]

Tolkien had offered to send Brogan some documents and Brogan mentions this.Hammond/Scull, Chronology, p. 351[3]

This series of letters are found in the Tolkien Papers at the Bodleain Library archive.

1 Catherine McIlwaine, Bodleian Library, Oxford
2 This letter was sent in reply to Tolkien's own of 7 April, see Carpenter #114: Letter from J.R.R. Tolkien to Hugh Brogan • 7 April 1948 (#266)
3 Hammond/Scull, Chronology, p. 351
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We note our thanks to Catherine McIlwaine of the Bodleian for offering further details on this letter.
MS. Tolkien 21 fols. 27-33, 35-40 (the exact distribution of folios is unknown for this and other Brogan entries of this period.)


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