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Hutton, Edith, fl. 1943-1945 to Leonard Eugene Graeff

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09611.224 Author/Creator: Hutton, Edith, fl. 1943-1945 Place Written: Etters, Pennsylvania Type: Autograph letter signed Date: January 16, 1944 Pagination: 4 p. : envelope Height: 16.3 cm, Width: 13 cm Order a Copy

One letter from Edith Hutton to Leonard Eugene Graeff dated January 16, 1944. Edith writes that they have had their first big snow of the year. She and her friends Joe Stoner, Dicky Spahr, and Victor and Allen Sanger have been sleding all day. The Sangers have just moved to town earlier in the winter. She asks for an update on how Leonard is doing. She also updates him on Bertha, her mother, who had been sick recently.

Graeff, Leonard Eugene, 1920-2016
Hutton, Edith, fl. 1943-1945
Hutton, Bertha, fl. 1943-1945
Graeff, Malinda, fl. 1943-1945
Hutton, Floyd, fl. 1943-1945
Sanger, Victor, fl. 1944
Sanger, Allen, fl. 1944
Spahr, Dicky, fl. 1944
Stoner, Joe, fl. 1944

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