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TCG Letter #533 / Carpenter Letter #184


From
J.R.R. Tolkien
To
Sam Gamgee
Date
18 March 1956
Type
Unknown
Transcript
Partial
Tolkien writes to a Mr Sam Gamgee from Tooting. He mentions how he came up with the name Gamgee, and mentions "cotton-wool" and the name Gamgee came from a family in Birmingham.
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