1965-07-18, TLS[x] Berrigan from Merton, 'Many thanks for the letter and the fine poem. I am sorry Fr McGowan couldn't get'

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US US-kylobm TMC-RG1-B-058-#48

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1965-07-18, TLS[x] Berrigan from Merton, 'Many thanks for the letter and the fine poem. I am sorry Fr McGowan couldn't get'

Date(s)

  • 1965 July 18 (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 ofRead more

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First lines: "Many thanks for the letter and the fine poem. I am sorry Fr McGowan couldn't get out here. But"... Contents index: [1965/05/18 date in published letters a misprint] no more visits to Merton at hermitage, except one commitment to HildegardRead more

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  • English

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Copy from Cornell University Department of Rare Books.

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Hidden Ground of Love

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from Thomas Merton to: Berrigan, Daniel J., Fr., S.J.