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Diamond, Sidney, 1922-1945 to Estellle Spero

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09120.466 Author/Creator: Diamond, Sidney, 1922-1945 Place Written: Bougainville, Papua New Guinea Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 28 July 1944 Pagination: 3 p. : Height: 14 cm, Width: 21.7 cm Order a Copy

Diamond apologizes for the letter that he had sent the day before: "The letter written last evening was putrid, rotten, cruel…The blame is mine -" He tries to describe to Estelle how helpless he feels.

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