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Byard, Dever Spencer, 1908-1992 to Mabel L. Godman

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09930.31.03 Author/Creator: Byard, Dever Spencer, 1908-1992 Place Written: New York, New York Type: Typed letter Date: 26 July 1951 Pagination: 1 p. : Order a Copy

One letter from Dever Spencer Byard to Mabel L. Godman dated July 26, 1951. A reference letter for the adoption of a child by Mr. and Mrs. David Burnham. The recipient is Mabel L. Godman District Secretary of the Diocesan Bureau of Social Service in Danbury Connecticut. Has "Copy" stamped across the letter.

Byard, Dever Spencer, 1908-1992
Godman, Mabel L., fl. 1951
Burnham, Davis, fl. 1951
Burnham, Davis, Mrs., fl. 1951

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