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TCG Letter #2379

From

J.R.R. Tolkien

To

Hilary Tolkien

Date

26 January 1972

Type

Autograph Letter Signed

Transcript

Complete

Tolkien writes to his brother about moving back to Oxford and his flat at Merton College.

Notes

According to William's Death Certificate

William Suffield, Mabel's brother died after a 14 day illness, of peritonitis. So a pretty slow and grueling way to go.

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