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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02766.055 Author/Creator: Unknown Place Written: Milan Type: Typed letter signed Date: 1 May 1922 Pagination: 2 p. ; 22.3 x 30 cm. Order a Copy

He is glad to hear from a former prisoner. He wonders when the unrest will stop. Many soldiers have been gassed during the war and were sent there to recover. Now they are trying to find them work.

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