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Graeff, Leonard Eugene, 1920-2016 to Susan Prowell Graeff and Raymond James Graeff

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09611.368 Author/Creator: Graeff, Leonard Eugene, 1920-2016 Place Written: Hawaii Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 27 September 1944 Pagination: 3 p. : envelope Order a Copy

One letter from Leonard Eugene Graeff to Susan Prowell Graeff and Raymond James Graeff dated September 27, 1944. Mentions the change in weather from summer to fall and reminisces about home. Also mentions the accident he was in seven years ago, and how the scars from it no longer make him self-conscious. Mentions the possibility that Charles is hurt or possibly dead but does not give a last name. He also mentions some girls that he has been writing including, Ann a WAVE who he met while he was in Chicago, and that he has not received a letter from Marion in a long time.

Graeff, Leonard Eugene, 1920-2016
Graeff, Raymond James, 1889-1963
Graeff, Susan Prowell, 1890-1967
Jensen, Marion, fl. 1944

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