1955-03-14, HLS Benedictus to Merton, 'Kind thanks for your hearty letter of Dec. '54! It took a long time before we'

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1955-03-14, HLS Benedictus to Merton, 'Kind thanks for your hearty letter of Dec. '54! It took a long time before we'

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  • 1955 March 14 (Creation)

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

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First lines: "Kind thanks for your hearty letter of Dec. '54! It took a long time before we succeeded, too by the"... Contents index: sending samples of Dutch devotional art / mere 100 years of freedom for Dutch Catholics / asks Merton's reaction to charcoal pieces by Flemish expressionists / requesting drawings by Merton and photos of Gethsemani community / translating into Dutch «Bread in the Wilderness», «Sign of Jonas».

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    to Thomas Merton from: Benedictus, Fr., O.C.S.O.

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