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Neal, Patricia, 1926-? to Atlee Kohl

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05508.288 Author/Creator: Neal, Patricia, 1926-? Place Written: New York, New York Type: Typed document signed Date: 2 December 1988 Pagination: 1 p. : card Height: 28 cm, Width: 21.6 cm Order a Copy

Response to Kohl's solicitation letter. Neal includes an excerpt from her 1988 autobiography, "As I am," written at the Abbey of Regina Laudis, a Benedictine monastery, where she made "sense of all the tragedies in her life" and renewed her faith in God. The excerpt discusses God's roll in her recovery from a stroke. An accompanying card requests Kohl's donation be given to the Abbey of Regina Laudis.

Neal, Patricia, 1926-

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