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

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09414.0155 Author/Creator: Weiner, Sylvia, 1912-2008 Place Written: Brooklyn, New York Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 9 February 1944 Pagination: 5 p. : Height: 21.5 cm, Width: 14 cm Order a Copy

Sylvia comments on fact that the letter is in pencil, has nothing else to write with at her mother's. Wanted to get to bed early, but her parents had to go to see Aunt Fanny who is very ill and she had to stay at her parents' and watch (her nephew) David. She tells a story about a sixty year old woman who needs funds for an operation and yet is frightened to go through with it.

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

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