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Handy, Gerald, 1949-2020 to Mary Lawyer

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09908.06 Author/Creator: Handy, Gerald, 1949-2020 Place Written: Vietnam Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 29 December 1968 Pagination: 1 p. : envelope ; Order a Copy

One letter from Gerald Handy to Mary Lawyer dated December 29, 1968. Handy addresses her as his mother-in-law and writes that he has switched companies and is now a wire man. He also mentions that he has not received any mail recently.

Handy, Gerald, 1949-2020
Lawyer, Donald, 1928-2017
Lawyer, Mary, fl. 1968-1969

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