Identifier	mcml004
Title	Letter: H. L. Mencken to Louis Cheslock, August 21, [1929]
Transcript	[letter typed on letterhead of The American Mercury] August 21st. [1929] Dear Brother Cheslock : My best thanks for sending me the Present Truth. I already receive it regularly, but extra copies, of course, have their uses. I became converted to the Seventh Day Adventists' eschatology months ago, and I am now thinking of reading for holy orders. How people can go about with light hearts in the face of the fact that the end of the world is upon us is more than I can make out . Sincerely , [signed]H L Mencken
Creator	Mencken, H. L. (Henry Louis), 1880-1956
Subject	Letters Mencken, H. L. (Henry Louis), 1880-1956 New York (N.Y.) Satire Seventh-Day Adventists
Description	Letter from H. L. Mencken to Louis Cheslock dated August 21, [1929]. Mencken thanks Cheslock for sending a copy of the Present Truth, a Seventh-Day Adventist periodical and writes in a bantering tone when he tells Cheslock that he's thinking of taking holy orders. Dr. Cheslock (1899-1981) was a Professor of Music at the Peabody Conservatory in Baltimore. He would later join the Saturday Night Club, where he played the violin. He and his wife, Elise, became close friends with Mencken and his brother August. The Cheslocks and the Menckens were especially close during the years after Mencken's stroke. In 1961, Dr. Cheslock edited the book entitled "H. L. Mencken on Music".
Publisher (Electronic Version)	Enoch Pratt Free Library
Holding Institution	Enoch Pratt Free Library
Date Original	1929-08-21
Date Digital	2005-05-19
Type	Text
Format	Digital reproduction of 1-page document, dimensions unknown.
Source	H. L. Mencken Room
Relation	Is Part Of the H. L. Mencken Collection Is Part Of the Maryland Digital Cultural Heritage Program
Coverage	1921-1930
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