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US US-kylobm TMC-1b-B-084-#20
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1963-12-23, HLS to Merton, 'Many thanks for your kind letter and cheque which is for me quite princely. It'
Date(s)
- 1963 December 23 (Creation)
Extent
2 page(s); Holograph (handwritten) signed letter.
Name of creator
(1901-1990)
Biographical history
Born in St. Petersburg, Russia, Serge Bolshakoff received a doctorate in philosophy from Christ Church, Oxford. In his travels to churches and monasteries in promotion of Christian unity, he became acquainted with such notables as Pope John XXIII, Patriarch Athenagoras, Archbishop Temple of Canterbury, as well as the Abbot General of the Cistercians, Dom Gabriel Sortais (see "Sortais, Gabriel" and "Fox, James" files).
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First lines: "Many thanks for your kind letter and cheque which is for me quite princely. It shall help me with"...
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Languages of the material
- English