The last of the Dwarf rings was taken by Sauron (then the Necromancer) in Dol Guldur when he captured Thrain the second (Thorin's father) ninety-one years before Bilbo and Company set out from Bag End to recapture the Lonely Mountain from Smaug. This was when Gandalf acquired the map and key to the back door of the Lonely Mountain. It is in Unfinished Tales--The Quest of Erebor.
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Yet all the while I sit and think of times there were before,
I listen for returning feet and voices at the door.
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