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Letter: H. L. Mencken to Louis Cheslock; August 21, [1929]
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| Identifier | mcml004 |
| Title | Letter: H. L. Mencken to Louis Cheslock; August 21, [1929] |
| Transcript | H. L. MENCKEN - Editor - ALFRED A. KNOPF - Publisher - SAMUEL KNOPF - Business Manager
The American Mercury
730 FIFTH AVENUE NEW YORK
Cables: Knopf - New York Telephones: circle 7670
August 21st
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 by H. L. Mencken]
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| Creator | Mencken, H. L. (Henry Louis), 1880-1956
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| Subject | Letters
Mencken, H. L. (Henry Louis), 1880-1956
New York (N.Y.)
Satire
Seventh-Day Adventists
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| 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 H. L. Mencken on Music. |
| Publisher (Electronic Version) | Enoch Pratt Free Library
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| Holding Institution | Enoch Pratt Free Library
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| Date Original | 1929-08-21 |
| Date Digital | 2005-05-19 |
| Type | Text
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| 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
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| Coverage | 1921-1930
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| Rights | This item is owned by the Estate of H. L. Mencken. Permission to publish or reproduce this document or a quotation from this document is required and must be obtained from the H. L. Mencken Estate. For more information, please call 410-396-5430 and ask to be connected to the Mencken Room. |
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