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Weiner, Sylvia, 1912-2008 to Morris "Moe" Weiner

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09414.0034 Author/Creator: Weiner, Sylvia, 1912-2008 Place Written: Brooklyn, New York Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 15 May 1943 Pagination: 6 p. : Height: 18 cm, Width: 13.5 cm Order a Copy

Sylvia went out with a collection can for the Spanish Loyalists who have been released from concentration camps in North Africa and are being transported to Mexico for asylum by the Mexican government. Has to be "Rosie the Riveter" and has stage fright. Got a form from the Office of Dependency Benefits requesting another marriage certificate.

Weiner, Morris "Moe," 1909-1988
Weiner, Sylvia, 1912-2008
Franco, Francisco, 1892-1975

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