The Meritorious Price Of Our Redemption

[jd]

I got a copy of The Meritorious Price of Our Redemption from the
school library...  very hard to read as it's a facsimile, very blurry
and smudged.  I imagine it's completely in the public domain, I'm
surprised that no one has printed a non-facsimile copy, even
disregarding the TRP connection William seems to have been a
fascinating character.  It would be nice to have a clean copy, it's
not an incredibly easy read even if it were clearly printed.

On 5/30/06, Paul Mackin <paul.mackin at verizon.net> wrote:
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> On May 30, 2006, at 6:10 PM, jd wrote:
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> OK, I think the joke finally got through my thick skull.
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> It was an excellent joke, very topical.
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> Which reminds me, while we're on William Pynchon, I'm sure everyone
> remembers  a few weeks ago that post
> to the p-list which probably started up the Jackson thread.  I didn't say
> anything at the time but the
> name  of the alleged school chum of Jackson was Kelly Hathorne, which
> corresponds to a name supposedly
> connected in history to Pynchon (William, not Thomas). Don't know if it's
> come up lately but one of the magistrates at William Pynchon;s trial is
> thought to have been a William Hathorne, a forbearer of Nathanael Hawthorne,
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> of two of the magistrate who voted against burning the book.   Later
> Hathorne's son John got into a dispute with Pynchon
> and some kind a family curse ensued. A present day descendent of Hathorne
> (with a different name) tells the story.
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> http://www.metroactive.com/papers/metro/10.01.98/cover/lit-pynchon-9839.html
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> Anyway.
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> Pure coincidence I'm sure.
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> On 5/30/06, kelber at mindspring.com <kelber at mindspring.com> wrote:
> Apparently, someone happened upon it on MySpace and sent a concerned e-mail
> to TRP, prompting its removal.
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> Laura
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> -----Original Message-----
> >From: jd <wescac at gmail.com>
> >Sent: May 30, 2006 2:59 PM
> >To: Pynchon-L <pynchon-l at waste.org>
> >Subject: The Meritorious Price Of Our Redemption
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> >The talk of the Tinasky letters (as well as one of the essays Otto
> >posted) made me suddenly remember this - The Meritorious Price Of Our
> >Redemption, by William Pynchon.  I poked around but it looks like
> >you're looking at paying at least $100 for a copy.
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> >Has anyone ever found a copy online, or perhaps a cheaper copy?  I'm
> >surprised this isn't in at least a slightly more accessible form
> >considering the link to a great American writer.
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