1964-12-31, HLS Allchin to Merton, 'It's a very long time since I have written. I am so sorry, but you certainly know'

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US US-kylobm TMC-RG1-A-023-#08

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Thomas Merton Center at Bellarmine University

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1964-12-31, HLS Allchin to Merton, 'It's a very long time since I have written. I am so sorry, but you certainly know'

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  • 1964 December 31 (Creation)

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2 page(s); Holograph (handwritten) signed letter.

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Allchin, Arthur MacDonald, Canon
(1930-2010)

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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: "It's a very long time since I have written. I am so sorry, but you certainly know how life is. I"...

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  • English

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