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US US-kylobm TMC-1b-A-023-#13
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Item
Title
1967-01-02, HLS to Merton, 'I am getting near to the date of coming to New York. I fly on the 16th of this'
Date(s)
- 1967 January 2 (Creation)
Extent
2 page(s); Holograph (handwritten) signed letter.
Name of creator
(1930-2010)
Biographical history
Canon Arthur MacDonald (Donald) Allchin was an Anglican priest who came to know Merton through Dr. Dale Moody of the Baptist Seminary in Louisville. When he first met Merton, Allchin was at Oxford and served as librarian for Pusey House and as a student chaplain. He would later become Canon Residentiary at Canterbury Cathedral, England (source: «The Hidden Ground of Love»).
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First lines: "I am getting near to the date of coming to New York. I fly on the 16th of this month. I have been"...
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Languages of the material
- English