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Diamond, Sidney, 1922-1945 to Estelle Spero

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09120.003 Author/Creator: Diamond, Sidney, 1922-1945 Place Written: New Jersey Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 29 April 1942 Pagination: 2 p. ; 18.5 x 26.5 cm. Order a Copy

Discusses two of the men that Diamond has met on the military base, one of whom is a Divinity student. Diamond subsequently ponders over the moral implications of war.

Diamond, Sidney, 1922-1945
Spero, Estelle, fl. 1942

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