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Hughes, Jim, fl. 1968 to Wilma Hughes Primer

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09615.02 Author/Creator: Hughes, Jim, fl. 1968 Place Written: Vietnam Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 12 March 1968 Pagination: 1 p. : envelope Height: 23.8 cm, Width: 15.6 cm Order a Copy

One letter addressed to Wilma Hughes Primer from Jim Hughes dated March 12, 1968. Notifies his mother that has he received his birthday card from her and asks her if she has received his paycheck yet. He mentions that he has written to his Uncle B.J. as well as Mr. Coughlin, his former baseball coach. Hughes has a term of nine to ten months left before ending military duty and contemplates options of enrolling in college or obtaining a security guard position after leaving the service. He remarks that not much but guard duty has been occupying his enlisted time as of recent and closes by asking her to say, "hi to everybody."

Hughes, Jim, fl. 1968
Primer, Wilma Hughes, fl. 1968
B.J., fl. 1968
Coughlin, fl. 1968

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