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TCG Letter #426 / Carpenter Letter #332

From

J.R.R. Tolkien

Michael Tolkien

Date

24 January 1972

Type

Unknown

Transcript

Partial

Tolkien writes to his son about the very generous accommodation offered to him by Merton College in Oxford.

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References

The Letters of J. R. R. Tolkien: Revised and Expanded ed. (HarperCollins, UK), pp. 583-85, p. 635 (Carpenter notes)

The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien (1981), pp. 415-17, p. 453 (Carpenter notes)

The J.R.R. Tolkien Companion and Guide - Chronology (2017), pp. 797-8

J.R.R. Tolkien A Descriptive Bibliography, Di1, p. 350

Cartas de J.R.R. Tolkien, pp. 592-4, p. 647 (notas de Carpenter)

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