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Reference code
US US-kylobm TMC-RG1-A-023-#04
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Item
Title
1963-12-01 (#01), TLS[c] Allchin from Merton, 'Thank you so much for the Traherne. It will be very valuable if and when I come to'
Date(s)
- 1963 December 1 (Creation)
Extent
1 page(s); Xerox copy of a typed signed letter with holograph annotations.
Name of creator
(1915-1968)
Biographical history
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… Read more
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Scope and content
First lines: "Thank you so much for the Traherne. It will be very valuable if and when I come to carry out my"... Contents index: Anglican Mystics / Etta Gullick / William Law / Rev. Mother of Fair Acres / "events of ten days ago" (Kennedy assassination).
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Languages of the material
- anglų
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Immediate source of acquisition
The donor or source was: Shannon, William H.
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Publication notes
Hidden Ground of Love
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Senders and recipients—
from Thomas Merton to: Allchin, Arthur MacDonald, Canon