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US US-kylobm TMC-RG1-B-163-#16
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1967-12-25, HLS Butorovich to Merton, 'This is a surprise "Crimble" box!! This is sent with love from me and my "little'
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- 1967 December 25 (date approximate) (Creation)
Extent
2 page(s); Holograph (handwritten) signed letter.
Name of creator
(1950-)
Biographical history
Suzanne Butorovich was a high school student from Campbell, California. This is one of the longest know series of correspondence he had with a young person. Merton had dinner with her and her family while visiting California on October 3, 1968.
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First lines: "This is a surprise "Crimble" box!! This is sent with love from me and my "little sister" Linda"... Contents index: [verso: Butorovich's drawing of a crimble tree] sends a "Crimble box" (also, Chrimble - word coined by John Lennon for Christmas) of presents from her and Linda Macmillan.
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- English
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Senders and recipients—
from Thomas Merton to: Butorovich, Suzanne