This is a file in the correspondence of Thomas Merton under the heading: "McElhose, Cindy".
Cindy McElhose was an 11-year-old from Grand Blanc, Michigan. Her class project was to write a letter to a famous person and ask how to be a better teenager and American.
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1967/03/14 |
HLS to Merton |
I am 11 years old, in the fifth grade. And for a project in school we are suppose to write to |
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1967/04/10 |
TL[c] from Merton |
Thanks for your fine letter. If I wait much longer to answer it you may cross the line and become |
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