The mother of Princess Monica Wittgenstein, who died in 1962, was a fan of Merton's writings, and Monica Wittgenstein asks Merton to pray for his mother.
Princess Monica Wittgenstein writes from Cologne, Germany.
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1962/05/08 |
HLS to Merton |
I am enclosing a mortuary card of my mother who died last week. I would be very grateful if you |
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1962/05/14 |
transcript from Merton |
+Thank you for the card of your good mother. I shall most assuredly pray for her and keep her in my |
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[transcript of Merton's letter, handwritten by Wittgenstein]
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1972/11/02 |
HLS to Center from Wittgenstein, Monica |
Thank you for your letter. Actually I had no real correspondence with Father Merton. My mother had |
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1972/11/07 |
TL from Center to Wittgenstein, Monica |
Thank you for your gracious note of November 2 with regard to your correspondence with Fr. Merton. |
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