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TCG Letter #839 / Carpenter Letter #348a

From

J.R.R. Tolkien

Clyde S. Kilby

Date

8 March 1973

Type

Typed Letter Signed

Transcript

Complete

Tolkien writes to Clyde S. Kilby regarding his health issues.

Notes

Kilby remarks in his article 'Woodland Prisoner' from SEVEN Vol. 27 that this was the last letter he received from Tolkien.

Quotes from this letter are in Kilby's Tolkien & The Silmarillion, p. 40.

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