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Lyon, Ann, fl. 1943 to Richard Jerome Silbiger

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09684.16 Author/Creator: Lyon, Ann, fl. 1943 Place Written: Fort Hills, New York Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 12 December 1943 Pagination: 3 p. : envelope Height: 17.8 cm, Width: 13.8 cm Order a Copy

One letter from Ann Lyon to Richard Jerome Silbiger, dated December 12, 1943. Ann writes to her nephew that a care package is coming his way, but not to believe its size as a lot of it is packaging. the box contatins stuffed Olives that his Aunt Sade said he likes. She left the packaging to a man at Delaney Street, and when he finished packing it looked much bigger. Sends her love to Dorothy.

Lyon, Ann, fl. 1943
Silbiger, Richard Jerome, 1922-1999

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