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TCG Letter #838

From

J.R.R. Tolkien

To

Jonathan Wordsworth

Date

24 February 1973

Type

Autograph Letter Signed

Transcript

Complete

Tolkien describes his health, regretting that he cannot accept an invitation to dine.

Notes

Jonathan Fletcher Wordsworth (1932-2006) was an academic, literary critic and expert on the Romantic era in literature.

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