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US US-kylobm TMC-1b-A-023-#33
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1968-08-11, HLS to Merton, 'This is just a note to greet you from Boston. Last week's conference surpassed'
Date(s)
- 1968 August 11 (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: "This is just a note to greet you from Boston. Last week's conference surpassed «all»"...
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Languages of the material
- English