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Weiner, Sylvia (1912-2008) to Morris "Moe" Weiner

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09414.0010 Author/Creator: Weiner, Sylvia (1912-2008) Place Written: [Brooklyn, New York] Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 25 April 1943 Pagination: 2 p. ; 18.3 x 13.4 cm. Order a Copy

Written at 1:30 PM. Sylvia is on the subway train going from one client [she works for the Department of Welfare of New York City] to another. Written at 4:30 PM at home. She has the next day off.

Weiner, Morris "Moe," 1909-1988
Weiner, Sylvia, 1912-2008

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