BIB_ID
412868
Accession number
MA 22097.6
Creator
Merton, Thomas, 1915-1968.
Display Date
Abbey of Gethsemani, Trappist, Kentucky, 1968.
Credit line
The Carter Burden Collection of American Literature.
Description
1 item (1 page) ; 28 x 21.5 cm
Notes
Signed in black ink "Thomas Merton."
Addressed from "Abbey of Gethsemani, Ky."
Addressed to "Dear Friends."
Dated "Fall 1968."
Addressed from "Abbey of Gethsemani, Ky."
Addressed to "Dear Friends."
Dated "Fall 1968."
Provenance
Carter Burden.
Summary
Stating that he will be losing contact with everyone because he is going to Asia for various meetings and to assist them during this time of need; listing the specific events and monasteries he will attend to; giving thanks to those that helped him; adding that he has left "more than one manuscript with Doubleday and New Directions."
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