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This is a file in the correspondence of Thomas Merton under the heading: "Moore, J. P., Msgr.".
Monsignor J. P. Moore writes from the Catholic Chapel at the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York. He was the priest who had instructed and baptized Merton at Corpus Christi Church in New York. He visited Gethsemani in November of 1964. Merton notes in his journals that, at the time, Moore had been serving as chaplain at the military academy at West Point for twenty-five years.
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1964/11/11 |
HCS to Merton |
I am home from Kentucky, and frisky as a colt. Anytime you open another Thomas Merton Room, |
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[verso: black and white photographic reproduction of the Catholic Chapel at the United States Military Academy at West Point - Moore jokingly scratches out the words "Howard Johnson" in front of the words "Thomas Merton Room"]
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