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

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09414.0134 Author/Creator: Weiner, Sylvia, 1912-2008 Place Written: Brooklyn, New York Type: Autograph letter signed Date: January 22, 1944 Pagination: 6 p. : Height: 23 cm, Width: 15 cm Order a Copy

Written at 10:15 PM at home. Sylvia draws a diagram of the furniture arrangement of the bedroom for Moe as a setting for a play that she writes as a dialogue between them. Says she will write another letter describing the day's events.

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

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