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Handy, Gerald, 1949-2020 to Donna Lawyer

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09908.29 Author/Creator: Handy, Gerald, 1949-2020 Place Written: Vietnam Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 4 May 1969 Pagination: 6 p. : envelope ; Order a Copy

One letter from Gerald Handy to Donna Lawyer dated May 4, 1969. He writes in an explicit letter how much he loves her. He also mentions that he will help her clean out her bedroom when he is home. He hopes that she is passing her classes and graduates. He also writes that the Maple Queen contest wasn't fixed even though she didn't win it. Mentions that he was on trash duty recently. He addresses the letter to Donna Handy despite their not being married.

Handy, Gerald, 1949-2020
Lawyer, Donald, 1928-2017

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