| Series | Date | Type | To/From | First Lines | Pub | Full Text | Notes |
| | 1955/02/28 | TALS[x] | from Merton | A letter from a cloister, written on the feast of my beloved St Romuald, and asking for a service | Yes |
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| | 1955/05/no | HPCS | to Merton | Rev. Mother Prioress and each one of us wish to thank you for the kind permission, and to say we | |
| [verso: color photograph of a painting of a Madonna] |
| | 1959/02/03 | TLS[x] | from Merton | First of all thank you for your generous and careful work in translating the two books you have sent | Yes |
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| | 1959/09/29 | HLS | to Merton | This is to let you know we have sent you by ordinary mail a copy of the translation of "Marthe, | |
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| | 1959/10/24 | TLS[x] | from Merton | I have received your nice letter and the copies of <u>Martha Mary and Lazarus</u> and <u>What</u> | Yes |
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| | 1960/05/16 | HLS | to Merton | Please do forgive me this awful paper but it has been given me and "holy poverty" says I had better | |
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| | 1960/07/28 | TLS[x] | from Merton | This is terrible. How many months have passed since I received your last letter? And I still owed | Yes |
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| | 1960/09/05 | HLS | to Merton | You can be sure I was much relieved and overjoyed when your letter of July 28th arrived. | |
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| | 1960/09/08 (#01) | HLS | to Merton | Forgive me for bothering you again. I had meant to say you were not to worry about answering my | |
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| | 1960/09/08 (#02) | HNS | to Merton | I forgot to say Alceu A.L. Told me he had been invited by the Editor of a Catholic magazine | |
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| | 1960/09/16 | TLS[x] | from Merton | I would really like to help Marina de Berg. She has had a hard time, and her book is basically | |
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| | 1960/10/25 | HLS | to Merton | When this reaches you, you will, I hope, have received the air-mail letter which I am trying to find | |
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| | 1960/11/19 | HLS | to Merton | As you see "Spiritual Direction and Meditation has arrived (on Oct. 12th) and I do like it | |
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| | 1960/12/02 | TLS[x] | from Merton | This is certainly <u>your</u> season-- Advent. Emmanuel da Virgem. I shall remember you especially | Yes |
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| | 1961/01/19 | HLS | to Merton | Since Christmas I have been wanting so much to write to you to thank you for your letter of Dec 2nd | |
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| | 1961/03/09 (#01) | HLS[x] | from Merton | The Abbot General has sent us <u>here</u> the imprimi potest for your translation of | Yes |
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| | 1961/03/09 (#02) | transcript | from Merton | The Abbot General has sent us here the imprimi potest for your translation of <u>Thoughts</u> | Yes |
| [William Shannon's transcript - typescript for published letters] |
| | 1961/06/23 (#01) | HLS | to Merton | I wrote to you sometime in April (I believe the 30th) thanking you for your March (2nd) letter, | |
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| | 1961/06/23 (#02) | HN | to Merton | Rev. Mother designed it and I spoilt it, trying to write Isaias 62, 11. -You see, Father, I'm | |
| [enclosure of a note and a card with a drawing of Jesus] |
| | 1961/08/09 | TALS[x] | from Merton | The chief reason for this letter is to inquire whether you received the books? I think very often | Yes |
| [see note of 1961/08/21, which was attached to this letter] |
| | 1961/08/20 | HLS | to Merton | Yes the book did arrive. First, "Disp. Quests." by ari-mail on July 10th. Then on Aug. 9th, | |
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| | 1961/08/21 (#01) | TN[x] | from Merton | On July 3, 1961 we dispatched two pieces of Registered Mail, both with return receipts requested. | |
| [attached with note on verso to 1961/08/09 letter] |
| | 1961/08/21 (#02) | HNS | from Alexander, Br., O.C.S.O. | We are writing this at the suggestion of Father Louis, who is concerned about these pieces, there is | |
| [verso of 1961/08/09 note - attached to 1961/08/21 letter] |
| | 1961/11/08 | HLS | to Merton | I hope you received my letter dated Oct. 18th thanking you for the poems in Spanish. This is just | |
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| | 1962/01/16 (#01) | TLS[x] | from Merton | It is almost impossible for me to make sense out of my correspondence at the moment. Christmas | Yes |
| [Cold War Letters #22] |
| | 1962/01/16 (#02) | transcript | from Merton | The poems of Dom Basilio are quite charming. The Advent one was particularly good. | Yes |
| [Cold War Letters #22 - transcript from bound set] |
| | 1962/02/10 | HLS[x] | to Merton | Many thanks for your magnificent letter dated Jan. 16th. I agree, of course, with <u>all</u> | |
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| | 1962/03/15 | HLS | to Merton | You certainly keep me busy! Even during Lent... But I'm afraid you must say I try your patience | |
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| | 1962/03/29 (#01) | HLS[x] | from Merton | This morning all the books you asked for in your recent letter were sent out. I have not however | |
| [note attached to 1962/03/29 letter] |
| | 1962/03/29 (#02) | transcript | from Alexander, Br., O.C.S.O.? | Alas, the man at the [indecipherable word..] where I had the letters Xeroxed over looked the other | |
| [William Shannon's transcript for published letters of note attached to 1962/03/29 letter] |
| | 1962/05/04 | HLS[x] | to Merton | Many thanks for your very kind letter of March 16th which, as usual, I enjoyed very much. | |
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| | 1962/06/18 | TLS[x] | from Merton | I am glad some of the books finally reached you. I also sent copies of Blackfriars magazine | Yes |
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| | 1962/11/02 | TLS[x] | from Merton | First, don't worry about censorship, or my reaction. I have no doubts about the unfeasonableness | Yes |
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| | 1962/11/05 (#01) | HLS[x] | from Merton | By all means tell "Vozes" to send the contract. But I am not sure if New Directions is not the one | |
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| | 1962/11/05 (#02) | transcript | from Merton | By all means tell "Vozes" to send the contract. But I am not sure if New Directions is not the one | |
| [William Shannon's transcript - typescript for published letters] |
| | 1963/05/22 (#01) | HNS[x] | from Merton | As to your letter about the photos. <u>No</u> - it would be better if this picture were not used. | Yes |
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| | 1963/05/22 (#02) | transcript | from Merton | As to your letter about the photos, No - it would be better if this pivture [sic] were not | Yes |
| [William Shannon's transcript - typescript for published letters] |
| | 1963/07/25 | HLS | to Merton | I received the beautiful card ("Fliput to Egypt" reproduction of an illumination) you sent me on May | |
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| | 1963/08/22 (#01) | HLS[x] | from Merton | It would be a pleasure for us if <u>you</u> would be the translator of <u>Life and Holiness</u> | Yes |
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| | 1963/08/22 (#02) | transcript | from Merton | It would be a pleasure for us if you would be the translator of <u>Life and Holiness</u> which is | Yes |
| [William Shannon's transcript - typescript for published letters] |
| | 1963/12/13 | HLS | to Merton | Many thanks for your great kindness. Yr. xmas card? Preface to Japanese editions arrived yesterday | |
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| | 1964/01/17 (#01) | TL[c] | from Merton | Thanks for your letter of December 13th and for the clippings. I hope my surface mail packet has | Yes |
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| | 1964/01/17 (#02) | TLS[x] | from Merton | Thanks for your letter of December 13th and for the clippings. I hope my surface mail packet has | Yes |
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| | 1964/03/20 (#01) | HLS[x] | from Merton | Thanks for your good letter. I also heard from Eileen. She has learned much!! You have been | |
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| | 1964/03/20 (#02) | transcript | from Merton | Thanks for your good letter. I also heard from Eileen. She has learned much!! You have been | |
| [William Shannon's transcript - typescript for published letters] |
| | 1964/04/30 (#01) | HLS | to Merton | I am writing at full speed and do hope this will be readable... Since your letter of March 2nd | |
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| | 1964/04/30 (#02) | HCS | to Merton | This is one of the cards we designed (Rev. Mother) and printed for Christmas. Many people were | |
| [verso: red and white woodcut print with Madonna and Child Jesus and the words "Mãe de Deus [-] Mãe da Rússia"] |
| | 1964/05/31 (#01) | TL[c] | from Merton | As usual I have several letters that I have not answered. This batch goes back to the days when you | Yes |
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| | 1964/05/31 (#02) | TALS[x] | from Merton | As usual I have several letters that I have not answered. This batch goes back to the days when you | Yes |
| [contains annotations by Merton and handwritten notes by Silva about the context of the letter] |
| | 1964/06/10 | TLS[x] | from Merton | Since I last wrote you, Kabir has arrived. It is a totally precious book beautiful in every way, | Yes |
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| | 1964/06/25 (#01) | HLS | to Merton | This is just to let you know I have received - with much joy! - The 3 copies of "Monk - Diaspora", | |
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| | 1964/06/25 (#02) | other | | Poema de Celcilia Meireless [-] ELEGIA SOBRE A MORTE DE GANDHI [-] qui se detém as sercias | |
| [news clipping with a poem and picture of Cecilia Meireles see next record for annotation on the same clipping] |
| | 1964/06/25 (#03) | HNS | | -She is my favorite of this generation. I prefer her to Drummonde de Andrade or Michael | |
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| | 1964/07/22 | HLS | to Merton | At last I can sit down and start a letter to you, but I don't know how long it will be before | |
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| | 1964/07/28 (#01) | TL[c] | from Merton | Your long letter arrived yesterday and I will try to do something about it before all of it has | Yes |
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| | 1964/07/28 (#02) | TLS[x] | from Merton | Your long letter arrived yesterday and I will try to do something about it before all of it has | Yes |
| [contains annotation about the letter by Silva] |
| | 1964/08/03 (#01) | HLS | to Merton | Please forgive me. I am really <u>so</u> sorry to have to pester you with my horrible letters | |
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| | 1964/08/03 (#02) | HLS | to Merton | Here are AAL's articles on your "L. or H." (He "stole", after humbly asking permission, then | |
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| | 1964/08/23 (#01) | TL[c] | from Merton | Thanks for your latest letter, in all its ramifications. And for the clippings of Alceu A.L. | Yes |
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| | 1964/08/23 (#02) | TALS[x] | from Merton | Thanks for your latest letter, in all its ramifications. And for the clippings of Alceu A.L. | Yes |
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| | 1964/09/10 (#01) | TL[c] | from Merton | This will have to be short. Poison ivy has taken the skin off my hands and if I type long | Yes |
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| | 1964/09/10 (#02) | TLS[x] | from Merton | This will have to be short. Poison ivy has taken the skin off my hands and if I type long | Yes |
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| | 1964/12/02 (#01) | TL[c] | from Merton | You get a brand new ribbon. It brings you my best wishes for Advent and Christmas. Thanks for your | Yes |
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| | 1964/12/02 (#02) | TALS[x] | from Merton | You get a brand new ribbon. It brings you my best wishes for Advent and Christmas. Thanks for your | Yes |
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| | 1964/12/06 (#01) | HLS[x] | from Merton | Here is a copy of the preface, and more will come by surface mail. Thanks for your letter. | |
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| | 1964/12/06 (#02) | transcript | from Merton | Here is a copy of the preface and more will come by surface mail. Thanks for your letter. | |
| [William Shannon's transcript - typescript for published letters] |
| | 1964/12/10 | HCS | to Merton | Thanks for your letter of Dec. 2nd written with the brand new ribbon. I had been wondering how you | |
| [verso: color print of a drawing of a star and the biblical quote from Isaiah 9:1 - "O povo que andava nas trevas viu uma grande Luz"] |
| | 1965/02/17 | TNS[x] | from Merton | A letter came from Vozes about Seeds of Destruction. I wanted to check and see if it was all right | Yes |
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| | 1965/06/17 | HLS | to Merton | I received your letter, or rather, card, of February 17th and at once let VOZES know they should | |
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| | 1965/07/11 (#01) | TL[c] | from Merton | I will not multiply lamentations about the mail situation. It gets worse and worse, since I get | Yes |
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| | 1965/07/11 (#02) | TLS[x] | from Merton | I will not multiply lamentations about the mail situation. It gets worse and worse, since I get | Yes |
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| | 1965/09/17 | HLS | to Merton | Many, many thanks for your v. good letter of July 11th also for the photos. All our friends | |
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| | 1965/12/14 | TLS[x] | from Merton | I am really sorry to be such a bad correspondent, but in the hermitage it is worse than ever now. | Yes |
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| | 1966/04/17 (#01) | HLS[x] | from Merton | Thanks for your birthday - Holy-Thursday letter. And forgive my handwriting. I have recently got | Yes |
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| | 1966/04/17 (#02) | transcript | from Merton | Thanks for your birthday -Holy thursday letter. And forgive my handwriting. I have recently got | Yes |
| [William Shannon's transcript - typescript for published letters] |
| | 1966/06/13 | TLS[x] | from Merton | Here is the article for the Jornal do Brasil. It was finished a couple of weeks ago but the typing | Yes |
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| | 1966/08/29 | HLS | to Merton | I have been wanting to write to you for some time. But there were so many things I wanted to say. | |
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| | 1966/10/06 (#01) | TL[c] | from Merton | First, many things have arrived: <u>Seeds of Destruction</u> and <u>New Man</u>. | Yes |
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| | 1966/10/06 (#02) | TLS[x] | from Merton | First, many things have arrived: <u>Seeds of Destruction</u> and <u>New Man</u>. | Yes |
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| | 1966/11/14 (#01) | HLS[x] | from Merton | In a day or two I will be sending you a copy of the new book <u>Conjectures of a Guilty</u> | |
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| | 1966/11/14 (#02) | transcript | from Merton | In a day or two I will be sending you a copy of the new book <u>Conjectures of a Guilty</u> | |
| [William Shannon's transcript - typescript for published letters] |
| | 1967/04/28 | HLS | to Merton | It is a such a <u>long</u> time since I have heard from you! Yr. last letter is dated Nov. 14th. | |
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| | 1967/05/04 (#01) | TL[c] | from Merton | Your letter came yesterday and I was delighted to hear you are now Benedictines. Welcome into our | Yes |
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| | 1967/05/04 (#02) | TLS[x] | from Merton | Your letter came yesterday and I was delighted to hear you are now Benedictines. Welcome into our | Yes |
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| | 1967/05/11 | HLS | to Merton | It <u>was good</u> to have yr. news! Many thanks for your letter of May 4th (Ascension Day. | |
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| | 1967/05/30 (#01) | TL[c] | from Merton | I have written to Doubleday to try to make sure that whoever does the publishing in Brazil, you will | Yes |
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| | 1967/05/30 (#02) | TLS[x] | from Merton | I have written to Doubleday to try to make sure that whoever does the publishing in Brazil, you will | Yes |
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| | 1967/06/08 | HLS | to Merton | It was really very kind of you to write (on May 30) and I am very ashamed of myself for putting you | |
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| | 1967/06/18 (#01) | HLS | to Merton | I have already thanked you for your v. kind letter of May 30th and have sent back (this, by surface | |
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| | 1967/06/18 (#02) | other | | <u>COMBINACÃO</u> [-] QUE ENTRE SI FAZEM, DE UM LADO EDITÔRA VOZES LTDA., RUA | |
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| | 1967/07/31 (#01) | TL[c] | from Merton | First of all, in case I did not tell you before, I have the assurance of Doubleday that Lawrence | Yes |
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| | 1967/07/31 (#02) | TLS[x] | from Merton | First of all, in case I did not tell you before, I have the assurance of Doubleday that Lawrence | Yes |
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| | 1967/08/10 | TALS[x] | from Merton | You will know better than us here what to do about this offer from Portugal. I don't remember | |
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| | 1967/09/22 | HLS | to Merton | I have just received <u>the addresses of the important</u> "personnages" in this country who can | |
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| | 1967/09/25 | HLS | to Merton | I hope the Unesco letter from Paris mentioning one of our experts on African love and his wife, | |
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| | 1967/10/30 (#01) | TL[c] | from Merton | Here are some photos of the ikons. I think you can get some idea of how beautiful they are, | Yes |
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| | 1967/10/30 (#02) | TLS[x] | from Merton | Here are some photos of the ikons. I think you can get some idea of how beautiful they are, | Yes |
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| | 1968/02/21 | HLS | to Merton | I wrote this to you a few days ago but forgot to say a few things. I hope you will forgive me for | |
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| | 1968/02/27 (#01) | TL[c] | from Merton | Just a quick word before Lent. I hope to shut up a little more tomorrow for six weeks or so. | |
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| | 1968/02/27 (#02) | TLS[x] | from Merton | Just a quick word before Lent. I hope to shut up a little more tomorrow for six weeks or so. | |
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| | 1968/03/04 | TLS[x] | from Merton | I found a copy of the poem, so I am sending it along. Carmen de Mello is finally publishing | Yes |
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| | 1968/03/12 (#01) | HLS | to Merton | I was hesitating about writing to you and intruding in yr. attempt to silence during Lent. But... | |
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| | 1968/03/12 (#02) | HCS | to Merton | United in thanksgiving and prayer, bless yr. brazilian translator | |
| [card commemorating Silva's Jubilee] |
| | 1968/03/18 (#01) | TL[c] | from Merton | Just a quick note to send you my congratulations and prayers and best wishes for the 25th. | Yes |
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| | 1968/03/18 (#02) | TLS[x] | from Merton | Just a quick note to send you my congratulations and prayers and best wishes for the 25th. | Yes |
| [a photograph of Merton's hermitage is photocopied onto the letter] |
| | 1981/01/11 | HPCS | to Shannon, William | This is a little picture of Sister M. Emmanuel's Dark with God's wonderful light always shining so | |
| [verso: color photograph of a sunset on a beach at Rio de Janeiro, Brazil] |
| | 1982/02/18 | HLS | to Shannon, William | I am glad to tell you that your wonderful book is being a success. Several different people have | |
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| | 1982/03/05 | TLS[x] | from Shannon, William | I was delighted to hear from you. I have received your post card and letter. I am happy that you | |
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| | 1982/03/12 | HLS[x] | to Shannon, William | Thanks for your very kind letter of March 5th. I was very glad to get it indeed-- as my answer felt | |
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| | 1982/04/12 | HLS[x] | to Everett, Karen | Greetings from Brazil! If you care to contact the Thomas Merton Legacy Trust, Mrs Anne McCormick | |
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| | 1982/04/16 | TLS[x] | from Shannon, William / to Karen Everett | This morning I wrote to Nancy Miller asking her to contact you to see if you had been in touch with | |
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| | 1982/08/22 | TL[c] | from Shannon, William | You must thing by now that I have disappeared from the scene, since it has been so long since | |
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| | 1982/09/11 | HLS | to Shannon, William | I am afraid this has to be a hurried scribble and am very sorry cannot at present | |
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| | 1982/09/27 | TLS[x] | from Shannon, William | I very much regret that I cannot be in Brazil for the meeting you so kindly arranged for me with | |
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| | 1982/10/07 | HLS | to Shannon, William | Many thanks for your fine letter of Sept. 27 of course we feel sure you will manage to come | |
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| | 1982/10/12 | HLS | to Shannon, William | This is just to let you know a few things about the Merton letters in my possession: 1. I received | |
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| | 1984/02/23 | TALS[x] | from Shannon, William | I am sure you must be wondering what has happened to me and why you have not heard from me. | |
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| | 1984/03/16 | HLS | to Shannon, William | I received yr. letter of Feb. 23. I already knew through Bro Pat how very busy you are working hard | |
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| | 1984/04/20 | TLS[x] | from Shannon, William | I am most grateful to you for your long letter and for the time it must have required to write it. | |
| [dated "Good Friday, 1984"] |
| | undated/01/21 | HLS | to Merton | I wrote to you in 1957 about author rights for "<u>Bread in the Wilderness</u>" which I had been | |
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| | undated/02/26 | HLS | to Merton | I have been wanting, ever so much, to thank you for your interesting, kind and very appreciated | |
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| | undated/04/01 | HLS | to Merton | Many thanks for your very kind and most precious prayers of Mass, especially at East and for | |
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| | undated/04/21 | HLS | to Merton | I've got a <u>horrible</u> flu', something like the Asiatica | |
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| | undated/09/18 | HLS | to Merton | I do hope you are not horrified at my bombing you with letters. I sent you two very disgraceful | |
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| | undated/no/no | HPCS | to Merton | Inside, the church and Sacristy are v. beautiful, simple and recollected and majestic. | |
| [verso: color photograph of the Monastery of St. Benedict in Olinda (Recife), Brazil] |
| | undated/no/no | other | | SISTER M. EMMANUEL [-] Sister M. Emmanuel de Souza e Silva was born in Rio de Janeiro. | |
| [William Shannon's biography of Silva for <i>The Hidden Ground of Love</i>] |
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