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

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09414.0126 Author/Creator: Weiner, Sylvia, 1912-2008 Place Written: Brooklyn, New York Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 28 September 1943 Pagination: 4 p. : Height: 19.5 cm, Width: 14 cm Order a Copy

Written at home. Sylvia notes the weather is an Indian Summer, which he may or may not know depending on where he is, and that her sister Mad is sick. Says it will soon be Rosh Hashanah [Jewish New Year]. She isn't religious, but the holiday evokes childhood memories.

Weiner, Morris "Moe," 1909-1988
Weiner, Sylvia, 1912-2008

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