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US US-kylobm 1-A-023-#2
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1963-10-15, HLS to Merton, 'I have often been on the point of writing, but other things have always interfered. '
Date(s)
- 1963 October 15 (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 have often been on the point of writing, but other things have always interfered. I am sorry"... Contents index: asking if Merton will do an introduction for a work on Isaac de Stella by Sr. Penelope, C.S.M.V. from Wantage.
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Languages of the material
- English