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TCG Letter #2928


From
J.R.R. Tolkien
To
Eileen Elgar
Date
29 August 1966
Type
Typed Letter Signed
Transcript
Complete
Tolkien writes to Mrs Elgar about his and her health, a cruise that he is taking with Edith and his lack of progress on The Silmarillion.
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