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TCG Letter #2685

From

J.R.R. Tolkien

Michael George Tolkien

Date

7 January 1970

Type

Autograph Letter Signed

Transcript

Complete

Michael's Cello has been had the strings stolen, and Tolkien discusses the origin of the name Catharine.

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