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This is a file in the correspondence of Thomas Merton under the heading: "Hamilton, Alfred Starr".
Alfred Starr Hamilton was a poet and contributor to Monks Pond. In his biographical statement from Monks Pond, he states that he had lived through the depression and spent a year in the army; since then, he became a socialist and lived on very little money as a poet.
Please click here for general restrictions concerning Merton's correspondence.
See also contributions to Monks Pond, pp. 42, 73, 132 and 340.
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.
This Record Sub-Group is not divided into Series and is arranged chronologically.
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1967/12/21 |
TALS to Merton |
Jonathan Williams wrote me. Asked me to send you a contribution to your anthology. |
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1968/01/08 |
TL[c] from Merton |
I am very happy to have your poems: want to use six right in the first issue which ought to be out |
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1968/01/15 |
TALS to Merton |
Yes, I like the Salvation Army title for the first six poems. I am more familiar with the Salvation |
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1968/03/20 |
TLS to Merton |
Send me a couple more copies of Monks Pond, as soon as can do. Lent the last two copies out |
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1968/07/01 |
TL[c] from Merton |
Sorry, sorry, sorry and again sorry. I feel very bad about not having written before and given you |
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1968/07/05 |
TLS to Merton |
If this is to re-publish "Blackwidow" in the next issue - but do save the space for one of those |
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