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<p>Created page with &quot;<a href="/wiki/File:Robert_Burchfield_11_June_1972.png" title="File:Robert Burchfield 11 June 1972.png">thumb</a> &#039;&#039;&#039;Robert Burchfield 11 June 1972&#039;&#039;&#039; is a <a href="/wiki/Letters_not_published_in_%22The_Letters_of_J.R.R._Tolkien%22" title="Letters not published in &quot;The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien&quot;">letter</a> from [[J.R.R. Tol...&quot;</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>[[Image:Robert Burchfield 11 June 1972.png|thumb]]<br /> '''Robert Burchfield 11 June 1972''' is a [[Letters not published in &quot;The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien&quot;|letter]] from [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] to [[Wikipedia:Robert Burchfield|Robert Burchfield]], written on [[11 June]] [[1972]].&lt;ref name=Addenda&gt;{{webcite|author=[[Christina Scull]], [[Wayne G. Hammond]]|articleurl=http://www.hammondandscull.com/addenda/chronology.html|articlename=Addenda and Corrigenda to ''The J.R.R. Tolkien Companion and Guide'' (2006) Vol. 1: Chronology|dated=|website=HS|accessed=21 May 2012}}&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> <br /> *'''Subject:''' Apologies for not having returned a book (''Kentish Place-names'' by J.K. Wallenberg, 1931) which Tolkien had borrowed.<br /> *'''Description:''' Signed letter, written from Merton College.&lt;ref&gt;{{webcite|author=|articleurl=http://www.manhattanrarebooks-literature.com/tolkien_burchfield.htm|articlename=Autograph letters signed by J.R.R. Tolkien and C.S. Lewis|dated=|website=[http://www.manhattanrarebooks.com/ The Manhattan Rare Book Company]|accessed=21 May 2012}}&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> <br /> ==Excerpts==<br /> <br /> &quot;''My dear Burchfield / In unpacking my books from shore'' [?; probably Bournemouth, from which he moved in March 1972] ''I discovered this book which belongs to you. You lent it me a long while ago - but as I was in hospital at the time of my reward from Oxford'' [an honorary doctorate] ''I was not guilty of removing it to Poole'', ''though guilty (with more excuse) for not returning it later. Forgive me. / Yours... / J.R.R. Tolkien''&quot;<br /> <br /> ==See also==<br /> <br /> *[[Robert Burchfield 6 November 1954]]<br /> *[[Letter 316|Robert Burchfield 11 September 1970 (Letter 316)]]<br /> <br /> {{References}}<br /> [[Category:Letters]]</div>

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