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Stone, Robert L., 1921-2009 to Jacob Stone, Beatrice Stone, Don Stone, Jim Stone, Barry Marks, and Ken Marks

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09620.114 Author/Creator: Stone, Robert L., 1921-2009 Place Written: at Sea Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 11 July 1944 Pagination: 1 p. : Height: 14.5 cm, Width: 11.8 cm Order a Copy PDF Download(s): Transcript of document

Addressed to "All." He just finished a long letter, GLC09620.113, and thought to send a V-Mail to see which one got to his family first. The trip has been rather dull on their way to an unknown destination. He's hoping to have mail waiting for him when he lands. He writes that his "long newsy letter" is coming.

The V-mail letter is dated "Somewhere at sea." "Letters in a Box" notes the date as July 11, 1944.

Stone, Robert L., 1921-2009
Stone, Jacob, fl. 1894-1985
Stone, Beatrice Hecht Marks, 1901-1962
Stone, James, 1926-2007
Stone, Donald, 1925-2017
Marks, Barry, 1926-1983

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