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Reigle, Ethel, fl. 1943 to Leonard Eugene Graeff

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09611.103 Author/Creator: Reigle, Ethel, fl. 1943 Place Written: Harrisburg, Pennsylvania Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 5 October 1943 Pagination: 5 p. : envelope Height: 16.3 cm, Width: 13.2 cm Order a Copy

One letter from Ethel Reigle to Leonard Eugene Graeff dated October 5, 1943. Ethel Reigle recounts going to Susan's, Leonard's mother, house and reading his letters with her. She catches him up on things happening in the family. Her daughter didn't make the cheerleader squad and her husband, John, writes jokingly "it might not be long till [I] will be the service. The way things are looking." Signed, "John & Ethel Reigle."

Graeff, Leonard Eugene, 1920-2016
Reigle, John, fl. 1943
Reigle, Ethel, fl. 1943

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