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TCG Letter #299

From

J.R.R. Tolkien

Joy Hill

Date

28 October 1971

Type

Typed Letter Signed

Transcript

Complete

Tolkien assigns the copyright of the poem Bilbo's Last Song to Joy Hill and sends her the text of the poem and notes an error in the text of the poem.

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