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

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09908.12 Author/Creator: Handy, Gerald, 1949-2020 Place Written: Vietnam Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 7 February 1969 Pagination: 1 p. : envelope ; Order a Copy

One letter from Gerald Handy to Mary and Donald Lawyer dated February 7, 1968. Handy addresses them as his mother-in-law and father-in-law and writes that he received his glasses in a package from Jim. He asks them to wait on sending his camera because Jim's mother might be sending him his. Also he went to Camp Evans for a ration run, and had to fix some lines.

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

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