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17 May 1935
Todd, Beatrice
to Harry K. Weymer
Authenticating "Against Hoarding," a draft of a speech or commentary by Secretary of the Treasury Ogden Mills. Includes Mills's signature in pencil. Todd was Mills's secretary.
GLC02977.01
19 October 1942
Diamond, Sidney (1922-1945)
to Estelle Spero
Diamond discusses Congress' contemplation to prohibit the sale of liquor near army posts.
GLC09120.118
12 December 1942
Diamond, Sidney, (1922-1945)
Letter in which Diamond portrays himself as a "Don Quixote".
GLC09120.149
15 January 1943
Diamond tells Estelle that he is "attempting to learn the basics of Spanish".
GLC09120.174
17 January 1943
Diamond describes watching a group of cavalry officers warming up for a fox-hunt. He also discusses his Spanish class.
GLC09120.177
10 April 1943
Diamond tells Estelle that the following day he shall turn twenty-one, and that to mark the occasion he has been inflicted by a bad case of diarrhea. Sidney compares democracy to a map cause, in that when things are easy, people are "prone to get...
GLC09120.215
June 1943
Diamond describes the "hot, sweltering horror" of the climate in the Tropics". He outlines the books that he has read on the voyage, giving Estelle short reviews of each.
GLC09120.253
24 October 1943
Diamond discusses the upcoming General Election with Estelle, expressing frustration with his parents for not having sent adequate information pertaining to the political parties and candidates.
GLC09120.285
30 November 1943
Diamond discusses what he has been reading, and describes what he imagines Estelle to now look like.
GLC09120.301
3 December 1943
Diamond discusses a book that he had recently read entitled "The Story of Damon and Pythias," relating it to his and Estelle's relationship.
GLC09120.303
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