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26 June 1878
Utley, Robert, fl. 1878
to Blanche Kelso Bruce
Utley is writing to ask Senator Bruce to send copies of the eulogies spoken in the Senate for Morton.
GLC09400.130
13 December 1879
Tindall, R.M., fl. 1879
This letter from Tindall concerns the possibility of him being ousted from his position. He is asking Senator Bruce to go to the department and see if any charges have been brought up against him, and to let him know. He believes the former holder of...
GLC09400.132
27 April 1943
Weiner, Sylvia, 1912-2008
to Morris "Moe" Weiner
Sylvia finds herself listening to the "Bob Hope Program" and thinks of Moe. She talks about listening to the radio and the song "As Time Goes By" from the movie "Casablanca." She has heard the news that England is trying to make peace between Poland...
GLC09414.0012
28 April 1943
Written at 11:00 PM at home. Sylvia went shopping for him for shoe polish and thimbles to use for his trigger finger. Tried to get him Halva and was told it wasn't "in season." She talks about old letters that she has found that he wrote, one from...
GLC09414.0013
29 April 1943
Written at 9:30 AM at the office. Sylvia is glad he is stationed in Oregon. Boys who have returned from Southern camps do not report pleasant conditions. Says her brother Alvin has not been getting passes where he is stationed. Gives him her blessing...
GLC09414.0014
Sylvia tells Moe about the current book she is reading. Received a gift of two records, then played ping-pong. Notes that he has been gone for eight weeks. This letter includes a hand drawn map of the United States with Brooklyn at one end and Salem...
GLC09414.0015
30 April 1943
Written 4:30 PM at the office. Sylvia filled in at the Intake Department at work and enjoyed it. Describes working in the field as endless work, that makes you always think you've forgotten something. Describes a new 42 year old woman at work as a...
GLC09414.0016
Written 10:45 PM at home. Sylvia just got home from Moe's mother's place where she had a good dinner. Tells him his father really misses him. Responded to his letters. Enjoyed his description of the "boys" he spends most of his time with.
GLC09414.0017
1 May 1943
Sylvia tells Moe that Sarah has an application for OCS [Officer's Candidate School] and she will send it to Moe. Tells him to do whatever he thinks is best; but PVT or PFC is good enough for her. Talks about his brother Ben and his sister Adele's...
GLC09414.0018
2 May 1943
Sylvia reports that Dave H. has won two campaign ribbons. She tells a long story of how he won the medals and the Coast Guard off Nantucket Island.
GLC09414.0019
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