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Wetmore, Nellie Joe, 1904-1988 to Davis

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09573.01.09 Author/Creator: Wetmore, Nellie Joe, 1904-1988 Place Written: Paris, France Type: Autograph letter signed Date: July 1963 Pagination: 3 p. : Height: 17.5 cm, Width: 20.2 cm Order a Copy

One letter addressed to Davis from Nellie Joe Wetmore dated July 1963. Pertains to travelling in France; visiting with the American ambassadors; hotel conditions; and that she has film rolls for Bets which was coincidingly lost with the stolen suitcase. Describes Bastille Day in Paris.

Wetmore, Nellie Joe, 1904-1988
Wetmore, Harry Davis, Jr., 1907-1995

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