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

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09414.0129 Author/Creator: Weiner, Sylvia, 1912-2008 Place Written: Brooklyn, New York Type: Autograph letter signed Date: January 10 1944 Pagination: 4 p. : Height: 21.5 cm, Width: 14 cm Order a Copy

Written at 9:30 PM at home. Sylvia talks about being responsible for the entertainment for the Victory Party. She has "singing waiters and men's ballet," which rehearsed today. She also has arranged for a play that is to be done in pantomime. She is sending him another package soon. Comments that since he walked four miles to find a thatched cottage, and that she will remind him of that when she wants to walk to Sheepshead Bay [about a half mile from their house].

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

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