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TCG Letter #43


From
J.R.R. Tolkien
To
Mr. Killion
Date
13 August 1913
Type
Autograph Letter Signed
Transcript
Unknown
In late July, Tolkien is hired by a Mr. Killion to accompany two Mexican boys on a visit to Paris where their two aunts and brother would join them. Tolkien was to act as a guide to the boys.

On 13 August their aunt, Angela was involved in a traffic accident and died. Tolkien writes to Mr. Killion to inform him of this.
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References
J.R.R. Tolkien: A Biography, See pp.67-8, for further discussion of Tolkien's trip to Paris.
The J.R.R. Tolkien Companion and Guide - Chronology (2017), pp. 50-2 (read from ?Late July 1913 - 30 August-1 September 1913)


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