This is a file in the correspondence of Thomas Merton under the heading: "McMurray, Basil, Br., O.C.S.O. (James McMurray)".
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.
Please click here for general restrictions concerning Merton's correspondence.
See also "Burns, Ethel M." for letter from McMurray to Burns written for Merton.
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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# | Date | From/To | First Lines | Pub ✓ | Notes |
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1965/09/15 |
HLS to Merton |
As this may never reach you, I will make it short. I am fine in every way, and most happy |
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«detailed view» |
2. |
undated/no/no |
TL[c] from Merton |
No, unfortunately I don't have that booklet on Mount Saviour. I borrowed it for a couple of days |
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«detailed view» |
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