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DiChristina, Richard J., 1949-2016 to Joyce Robinson

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09626.10.03 Author/Creator: DiChristina, Richard J., 1949-2016 Place Written: Vietnam Type: Autograph letter Date: 3 January 1970 Pagination: 2 p. : Height: 21.5 cm, Width: 15.3 cm Order a Copy

One letter addressed to Joyce Robinson from Richard J. DiChristina dated January 3, 1970. He writes that he will be sending his pay to Joyce and that he wishes for her to buy something for herself with the money. He writes of the hot weather and the difference in hours due to their different time zones. He asks Joyce if his mother has done anything with the letter and that he needs to come home. Asking Joyce to please "be good" as he is being good, he again professes how much he loves her and that they will be married "as soon as I come home right."

DiChristina, Richard J., 1949-2016
Robinson, Joyce, 1957-

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