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to Sylvia Weiner

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09414.1522 Author/Creator: Place Written: Quebec, Canada Type: Autograph letter Date: 30 March 1941 Pagination: 1 p. : envelope Height: 22.7 cm, Width: 29 cm Order a Copy

This letter is only the first page of a letter, the writer says he is ashamed of himself and grateful that Sylvia forgave him and wrote to him. The writer asks after her husband, sister and her brother, and calls Moe such a nice husband. It is not clear what she forgave the writer for.

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