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TCG Letter #437 / Carpenter Letter #344

From

J.R.R. Tolkien

Edmund Meskys

Date

23 November 1972

Type

Typed Letter Signed

Transcript

Complete

Tolkien talks about numerals in The Lord of the Rings.

A photocopy with a complete transcript is held at the Marquette archives.

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References

The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien (1981), pp. 422-3

The J.R.R. Tolkien Companion and Guide - Chronology (2017), pp. 807-8

Cartas de J.R.R. Tolkien, p. 602

The Letters of J. R. R. Tolkien: Revised and Expanded ed. (HarperCollins, UK), p. 593

Marquette archive details., See 7/1/10

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

Many thanks to Carl Hostetter who provided details of this letter.

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