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Handy, Gerald, 1949-2020 to Donna Lawyer

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09908.07 Author/Creator: Handy, Gerald, 1949-2020 Place Written: Dung Ha, Vietnam Type: Autograph note signed Date: 5 January 1969 Pagination: 1 p. : envelope ; Order a Copy

One note from Gerald Handy to Donna Lawyer dated January 5, 1969. Handy writes that Donna can keep what he sent or throw it out it doesn't matter to him. He addresses the letter to Donna Handy despite their not being married.

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

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