1968-03-18, TLS Berrigan from Merton, 'Here's the little booklet on The Plague I told you about. No one deserves the'

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US US-kylobm TMC-RG1-B-058-#83

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Title

1968-03-18, TLS Berrigan from Merton, 'Here's the little booklet on The Plague I told you about. No one deserves the'

Date(s)

  • 1968 March 18 (Creation)

Extent

1 page(s); 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: "Here's the little booklet on The Plague I told you about. No one deserves the dedication better"... Contents index: hoping Berrigan will send Merton poems or fables for «Monks Pond» / trouble with "John Birch element" at Gethsemani,Read more

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  • English

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Existence and location of copies

Copy from Cornell University Department of Rare Books.

Publication notes

Hidden Ground of Love

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Senders and recipients—

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