Letters 
TCG Letter #1390 / Carpenter Letter #53a
From
J.R.R. Tolkien
To
Christopher Tolkien
Date
15 December 1943
Type
Unknown
Transcript
Partial
Tolkien writes to Christopher after hearing from his brother Michael that Christopher had been unwell again. Tolkien updates him on home life, with Edith being unwell at the moment.
He remarks on visiting Lewis and Williams recently, on a bitterly cold night. Tolkien also mentions that he was about to, or just had interviewed a F/L Poptawski.Poptawski (first name unknown), was a Polish First Lieutenant who Tolkien consulted on the devising of a new technical vocabulary.[1]
He remarks on visiting Lewis and Williams recently, on a bitterly cold night. Tolkien also mentions that he was about to, or just had interviewed a F/L Poptawski.Poptawski (first name unknown), was a Polish First Lieutenant who Tolkien consulted on the devising of a new technical vocabulary.[1]
1 Poptawski (first name unknown), was a Polish First Lieutenant who Tolkien consulted on the devising of a new technical vocabulary. ↩
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