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Weiner, Morris "Moe", 1909-1988 to Sylvia Weiner

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09414.0700 Author/Creator: Weiner, Morris "Moe", 1909-1988 Place Written: Salem, OR Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 11 May 1943 Pagination: 8 p. : envelope Height: 14 cm, Width: 21 cm Order a Copy

Moe refers to Joe and his new job, and also mentions his mother. He says he is jealous that Sylvia ate bacon and eggs for breakfast. He claims that eating in the army is the same as "feeding coal to a furnace."

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

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