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Conner, Herbert C., 1916-1944 To Mrs. Nueal Dorroh

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09581.31 Author/Creator: Conner, Herbert C., 1916-1944 Place Written: South Pacific Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 21 November 1943 Pagination: 3p. : Height: 18.5 cm, Width: 13.3 cm Order a Copy

Conner reminds Nueal that today is his birthday: "28 years old today getting old ant I? But I feel as if I was 16 tonight. Ha! Ha!" He tells Nueal that it is all over between him and Erma now. He writes "So after all it's best I think for we have been apart two years now and haven't even seen each other in that time." Later in the letter, Conner says that "I have hear from loat of girls since she quit me. But I haven't answer and I am not going to." Conner promises Nueal that he will write next week and sends his love.

Conner, Herbert C., 1916-1944
Dorroh, Nueal, fl. 1942-1944
Dorroh, B.J., fl. 1942-1944
Dorroh, Lola Jean, fl. 1942-1944

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