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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09581.25 Author/Creator: Place Written: s.l. Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 15 October 1943 Pagination: 2p. ; 20.5 x 12.8 cm Order a Copy

The writer of the letter writes to his mother that he is working 7 days a week. He earns $1.20 an hour. He says that is is raining up here but it is not very cold. He tells his mother to sell corn if she can so that he can keep the money he earns and put it in the bank out here. The letter is written in a different hand than the other letters written by Herbert C. Conner. The letter is unsigned.

Conner, Herbert C., 1916-1944
Dorroh, Nueal, fl. 1942-1944
Dorroh, B.J., fl. 1942-1944
Dorroh, Lola Jean, fl. 1942-1944

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