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

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09908.14 Author/Creator: Handy, Gerald, 1949-2020 Place Written: Vietnam Type: Autograph letter signed Date: February 17, 1969 Pagination: 1 p. : envelope Order a Copy

One letter from Gerald Handy to Mary and Donald Lawyer dated February 22, 1968. Handy addresses them as his mother-in-law and father-in-law, and alerts them that Donna can get started planning their wedding. He received letters from Don and Butch. He mentions he had heard from his family only once so far. He asks for them to send him spaghetti-os and sugar daddies.

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

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