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TCG Letter #839 / Carpenter Letter #348a


From
J.R.R. Tolkien
To
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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