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MERTON'S CORRESPONDENCE WITH:
McMurray, Basil, Br., O.C.S.O. (James McMurray)

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Descriptive Summary

Record Group: Section A - Correspondence

Dates of materials: 1965

Volume: 2 item(s); 2 pg(s)

Scope and Content

Biography

Br. Basil McMurray was a Trappist monk of Gethsemani and former novice of Thomas Merton's. He later received permission to live as a hermit at Mount Saviour Monastery in New York.

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Related Information and Links

See also "Burns, Ethel M." for letter from McMurray to Burns written for Merton.

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If the person in correspondence with Merton has full text records in the Merton Center Digital Collections, there will be a numeric link to them below.
   

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

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SeriesDateTypeTo/FromFirst LinesPubFull TextNotes
 1965/09/15 HLSto MertonAs this may never reach you, I will make it short. I am fine in every way, and most happy   
 undated/no/no TL[c]from MertonNo, unfortunately I don't have that booklet on Mount Saviour. I borrowed it for a couple of days   
        

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