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TCG Letter #2001


From
Florence Hadley
To
J.R.R. Tolkien
Date
13 February 1938
Type
Unknown
Transcript
Partial
Tolkien's Aunt Florence (Hadley) writes to thank him the copy of The Hobbit which he sent to her in British Columbia, Canada. She notes that had her sister Mabel survived until the book arrived, Florence would have certainly sent it to her.

This letter is found the Bodleian Libraries Tolkien Papers.MS. Tolkien 21, fol. 120-121.[1]

1 MS. Tolkien 21, fol. 120-121.
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The J.R.R. Tolkien Companion and Guide - Chronology (2017), p. 227, also p. 215 (entry for 21 Sep 1937), p. 844 (note for 21 Sep 1937)
We note our thanks to Catherine McIllwaine for further details on the archival details of this letter.
MS. Tolkien 21, fol. 120-121


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