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TCG Letter #590 / Carpenter Letter #215

From

J.R.R. Tolkien

Walter Allen

Date

17 April 1959

Type

Draft

Transcript

Partial

Tolkien declines to take part in a symposium on Children's writing in draft form, but ends up sending just a short note.

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Letter from J.R.R. Tolkien to Ronald Eames • 18 June 1949 (#2728)

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