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Tolkien quotes part of this letter from John Barrow in #TCGLetter176
Peter Eubanks, of Berkeley, California and a fan of The Hobbit, writes to Tolkien to ask him to write a sequel to it.
Miss Standeven writes to Tolkien with appreciation for The Hobbit. She had once attended lectures by Tolkien and is a teacher at Greenhead High School i...
Tolkien replies to Miss Standeven, see #TCGLetter2530. He thanks her for her letter about The Hobbit. He explains that he has little time to dedicate to...
Mary Thompson, a teacher from Leamington High School for Girls, writes to Tolkien offering praise for The Hobbit and asking about a sequel. She includes...
Katharine Farrer writes to Tolkien. She and her husband are both delighted, and excited, to hear that Tolkien will publish The Silmarillion. She asks ab...
Helen Gardner, an Oxford colleague of Tolkien's writes to him. She encloses a message of appreciation from Richard Duncan-Jones, whose sister'...
Tilda and Joy Duff write to Tolkien with praise for The Hobbit.
Tolkien writes to a Mr. Papps with thanks for writing to him. No further details are currently known. *Unknown but after the publication of the Lord of ...
Joan wrote to Tolkien expressing her liking for The Lord of the Rings and she thanks Tolkien for the help the book has given her. This appears to be the...
Tolkien replies to a Mrs. L.F. who had written to remark on her enjoyment of the Lord of the Rings. He is pleased to receive her letter and remarks that...
Justin Arundale, a young fan of The Lord of the Rings, writes to Tolkien asking if he has any information of when The Silmarillion will be published. To...
J.R. Kennard writes to GA&U asking for information on the publication of Tolkien's The Silmarillion.
This is an undated and unaddressed Letter, presumed to Joy Hill. Tolkien writes about correspondence from the Dean of Queens' College Cambridge, Th...
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(16 letters match)1944
24 October 1944 (received)
John Barrow to J.R.R. Tolkien
#2315
Tolkien quotes part of this letter from John Barrow in #TCGLetter176
1946
16 April 1946
Peter Eubanks to J.R.R. Tolkien
#2761
Peter Eubanks, of Berkeley, California and a fan of The Hobbit, writes to Tolkien to ask him to write a sequel to it.
8 October 1946
Miss [Milicent] Standeven to J.R.R. Tolkien
#2530
Miss Standeven writes to Tolkien with appreciation for The Hobbit. She had once attended lectures by Tolkien and is a teacher at Greenhead High School i...
7 December 1946
J.R.R. Tolkien to Miss [Milicent] Standeven
#2531
Tolkien replies to Miss Standeven, see #TCGLetter2530. He thanks her for her letter about The Hobbit. He explains that he has little time to dedicate to...
1949
25 January 1949
Mary Thompson to J.R.R. Tolkien
#2702
Mary Thompson, a teacher from Leamington High School for Girls, writes to Tolkien offering praise for The Hobbit and asking about a sequel. She includes...
c. Autumn 1949 - early 1950*
Katharine Farrer to J.R.R. Tolkien
#2738
Katharine Farrer writes to Tolkien. She and her husband are both delighted, and excited, to hear that Tolkien will publish The Silmarillion. She asks ab...
1950
10 January 1950
Helen Gardner to J.R.R. Tolkien
#2746
Helen Gardner, an Oxford colleague of Tolkien's writes to him. She encloses a message of appreciation from Richard Duncan-Jones, whose sister'...
28 January 1950
Tilda and Joy Duff to J.R.R. Tolkien
#2747
Tilda and Joy Duff write to Tolkien with praise for The Hobbit.
1955
c. mid 1950?*
J.R.R. Tolkien to Mr. Papps
#2566
Tolkien writes to a Mr. Papps with thanks for writing to him. No further details are currently known. *Unknown but after the publication of the Lord of ...
1957
8 September 1957
Joan Light to J.R.R. Tolkien
#2473
Joan wrote to Tolkien expressing her liking for The Lord of the Rings and she thanks Tolkien for the help the book has given her. This appears to be the...
1963
29 November 1963
J.R.R. Tolkien to Mrs. L.F.
#2793
Tolkien replies to a Mrs. L.F. who had written to remark on her enjoyment of the Lord of the Rings. He is pleased to receive her letter and remarks that...
c. late 1963 - January 1964
Justin Arundale to J.R.R. Tolkien
#2287
Justin Arundale, a young fan of The Lord of the Rings, writes to Tolkien asking if he has any information of when The Silmarillion will be published. To...
1968
11 October 1968
J.R. Kennard to Allen & Unwin Ltd.
#2760
J.R. Kennard writes to GA&U asking for information on the publication of Tolkien's The Silmarillion.
16 November 1968
J.R.R. Tolkien to Joy Hill
#2282
This is an undated and unaddressed Letter, presumed to Joy Hill. Tolkien writes about correspondence from the Dean of Queens' College Cambridge, Th...
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