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Handy, Gerald, 1949-2020 to Mary Lawyer and Donald Lawyer

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09908.09 Author/Creator: Handy, Gerald, 1949-2020 Place Written: Vietnam Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 30 January 1969 Pagination: 2 p. : envelope ; Order a Copy

One letter from Gerald Handy to Mary and Donald Lawyer dated January 30, 1968. Handy addresses them as his mother-in-law and father-in-law and writes that he misses Donna. He later mentions that he doesn't want to wait till he's out of the service to get married. He also mentions Dianne who he assures them is wrong and that Donna won't lose him.

Handy, Gerald, 1949-2020
Lawyer, Donald, 1928-2017
Lawyer, Mary, fl. 1968-1969
Handy, Dianne, fl. 1969

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