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The bulk of this file contains letters from Owen Merton to his parents and siblings, but other miscellaneous letters are to and from Evelyn Scott and others. Some letters concern his son, Thomas Merton, and his wife, Ruth Jenkins Merton.
Owen Merton was Thomas Merton's father. He was born in New Zealand, studied art in Paris, and traveled in Europe, Bermuda, the United States, and northern Africa to make a living as a landscape painter.
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Series 1 #1.
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1909/12/15 |
HLS[x] to Merton, Alfred |
We do not often write letters to each other. But I must thank you very much for being so good |
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Series 1 #2.
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1910/02/02 |
HLS[x] to Merton, Alfred |
Many thank for your note enclosing the money order from |
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Series 1 #3.
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1911/03/24 |
HLS[x] to Merton, Alfred |
I am just writing a hurried line because I want to thank you for helping that show along as you have |
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Series 1 #4.
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1911/12/10 |
HLS[x] to Merton, Alfred |
I can give myself some hard names for not having written long ago. I believe I owe you no less than |
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Series 1 #5.
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1912/11/21 |
HLS[x] to Merton, Alfred |
This won't get you by Christmas, but I hope you have had the book I sent. I think Meredith's essay |
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Series 1 #6.
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1913/05/07 |
HLS[x] to Merton, Alfred |
I will go on writing to you, instead of to mother, because it all comes to the same thing, and she |
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