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MERTON'S CORRESPONDENCE WITH:
Mancuso, Laurence, Archimandrite

Descriptive Summary

Record Group: Section A - Correspondence

Dates of materials: 1961, 1967-1968

Volume: 4 item(s); 8 pg(s)

Scope and Content

Biography

Archimandrite Laurence Mancuso founded the Monks of New Skete in Cambridge, New York, in 1966. In his first letter to Merton in 1961, he was a Franciscan priest in the Byzantine-Slavonic Rite, living in New Canaan, Connecticut. After founding New Skete, he joined the Orthodox Church in America.

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Series List

This Record Sub-Group is not divided into Series and is arranged chronologically.

Container List

Date	Type	To/From	First Lines
1961/04/07	TLS	to Merton	I must first apologize for this letter inasmuch as you are busy enough as it is. Yet, with your
1967/02/24	TALS	to Merton	Six years ago -almost to the month- I wrote to you concerning the life of a religious
1968/02/17	TLS	to Merton	This is rather odd letter, as you'll see. But I hope it finds you well, and completely recovered
1968/03/06	TL[c]	from Merton	I am glad you are able to make some use of the mimeo sheets. I will send more when I can.

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