1968-01-28, HLS to Merton, 'Just a note to announce my arrival on this side of the Atlantic. It looks as though'

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US US-kylobm 1-A-023-#25

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Thomas Merton Center at Bellarmine University

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1968-01-28, HLS to Merton, 'Just a note to announce my arrival on this side of the Atlantic. It looks as though'

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  • 1968 January 28 (Creation)

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2 page(s); Holograph (handwritten) signed letter.

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Allchin, Arthur MacDonald, Canon
(1930-2010)

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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: "Just a note to announce my arrival on this side of the Atlantic. It looks as though I might be"...

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  • English

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