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TCG Letter #1118
From
Robert Gilson
To
J.R.R. Tolkien
Date
4 January 1914
Type
Unknown
Transcript
Partial
Gilson sincerely congratulates Tolkien on his engagement, but with mixed feelings due to Tolkien likely getting distracted from his friends.
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T.C.B.S.
Marriage proposal
References
Tolkien and the Great War
, p. 33 ('Convention bids me...')
The J.R.R. Tolkien Companion and Guide - Chronology (2017)
, p. 124 (summary). (The T.C.B.S. was began during the Summer term 1911 at King Edward School. See various entries re. T.C.B.S. and TCBS.)
The J.R.R. Tolkien Companion and Guide - Reader's Guide Part 2 (2017)
, pp. 1281-88 (entry for T.C.B.S.)
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