1958-10-08, TCS from Merton, 'It was very good to get your delightful letter and to learn about all of you--'

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1958-10-08, TCS from Merton, 'It was very good to get your delightful letter and to learn about all of you--'

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  • 1958 October 8 (Creation)

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1 page(s); Typed signed greeting card.

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(1915-1968)

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Thomas Merton (1915-1968) was a writer and Trappist monk at Our Lady of Gethsemani Abbey in Kentucky. His writings include such classics as The Seven Storey Mountain, New Seeds of Contemplation, and Zen and the Birds of Appetite. Merton is the author of more than seventy books that include poetry, personal journals, collections of letters, social criticism, and writings on peace, justice, and ecumenism.

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First lines: "It was very good to get your delightful letter and to learn about all of you-- Sally, Taylor, Anne,"... Contents index: [verso: photo of statue of St. Bernard by Peter Watts / Abbey of Gethsemani] Mrs. Gaither / masses said for Merton.

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