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Reference code
US US-kylobm TMC-RG1-A-057-#19
Name and location of repository
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Item
Title
1963-01-01, TLS[x] Arca de Sardiña from Merton, 'Well, this is the first letter dated 1963 that I have written, and by a miracle I'
Date(s)
- 1963 January 1 (Creation)
Extent
1 page(s); Xerox copy of a typed signed letter.
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: "Well, this is the first letter dated 1963 that I have written, and by a miracle I put the right date"...
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Languages of the material
- English
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Immediate source of acquisition
The donor or source was: Hart, Patrick, Br., O.C.S.O..
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Publication notes
Witness to Freedom
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Senders and recipients—
from Thomas Merton to: Arca de Sardiña, Evora