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Fencil, Roselina, fl. 1943-1945 to Leonard Eugene Graeff

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09611.099 Author/Creator: Fencil, Roselina, fl. 1943-1945 Place Written: York, Pennsylvania Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 29 September 1943 Pagination: 4 p. : envelope Height: 17.7 cm, Width: 13.5 cm Order a Copy

One letter from Roselina Fencil to Leonard Eugene Graeff dated September 29, 1943. Mrs. Fencil begins by letting Leonard know she is suffering from a spine infection and that despite being in the John[s] Hopkins hospital twice this summer she isn't doing well. She assures Leonard that "wherever you go and whatever you do we'll think of you." She updates him on the family hunting dog which had a litter of 5 puppies. Signed, "Roselina"

Graeff, Leonard Eugene, 1920-2016
Fencil, Roselina, fl. 1943-1945

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