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US US-kylobm TMC-1b-A-023-#42
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1973-01-25, TALS to Center from Allchin, Arthur MacDonald, 'Thank you very much for your letter of 8th December and for the xerox copies of my'
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- 1973 January 25 (Creation)
Extent
1 page(s); Typed signed letter with holograph (handwritten) annotations.
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: "Thank you very much for your letter of 8th December and for the xerox copies of my letters to Father"...
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Languages of the material
- English