Letters 
TCG Letter #2034
From
Mary St John [Wiseman]
To
J.R.R. Tolkien
Date
7 October 1937
Type
Unknown
Transcript
Unknown
Mary [Wiseman]Mary St. John, OSB (Order of Saint Benedict), sister of Christopher Wiseman[1] writes to Tolkien asking if he would send her a presentation copy of The Hobbit.onthetrail note: I have as yet found no evidence that Tolkien did send a copy of the book, but he would in September 1954 request to Rayner Unwin for a copy of The Fellowship of the Ring to be sent to Mary St John. This detail was not published as part of the letter (#149) but noted by Hammond/Scull, see Chronology, p. 462[2] In return she will send him prayers.Hammond/Scull note that she has taken a vow of poverty, hence her offer to pay in prayers. Chronology, p. 216[3]
This letter is found among the Bodleian archives Tolkien Papers.
This letter is found among the Bodleian archives Tolkien Papers.
1 Mary St. John, OSB (Order of Saint Benedict), sister of Christopher Wiseman ↩
2 onthetrail note: I have as yet found no evidence that Tolkien did send a copy of the book, but he would in September 1954 request to Rayner Unwin for a copy of The Fellowship of the Ring to be sent to Mary St John. This detail was not published as part of the letter (#149) but noted by Hammond/Scull, see Chronology, p. 462 ↩
3 Hammond/Scull note that she has taken a vow of poverty, hence her offer to pay in prayers. Chronology, p. 216 ↩
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