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Mansfield, Jayne, 1933-1967 to Mrs. Nice

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05508.175 Author/Creator: Mansfield, Jayne, 1933-1967 Place Written: New York, New York Type: Typed letter signed Date: 29 March 1967 Pagination: 1 p. : envelope Height: 26.6 cm, Width: 18.4 cm Order a Copy

Mansfield thanks Nice for her concern for Zoltan, Mansfield's son. She also writes: "I have always had a great belief in my fellow man, but I am now fully assured that the heavens above have succeeded in creating a beautiful earth upon which to live."

Mansfield, Jayne, 1933-1967

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