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22 June 1944
Weiner, Sylvia, 1912-2008
to Morris "Moe" Weiner
Includes sketches showing where Sylvia goes, and what she does all day, equivalent to a comic strip.
GLC09414.0302
circa August 1943
Sylvia has just finished supper. Tells Moe about a Captain who had once been a member of the Republican Party and was investigated by the FBI who asked him: "Have you been a member [of the communist party]." The Captain turned the tables on the FBI...
GLC09414.0086
3 June 1943
Written at 11:30 PM at home. Sylvia has had a chance to glance through the specific stipulations in the new tax bill, and proceeds to complain about it.
GLC09414.0055
22 May 1943
Sylvia sends him money as she doesn't know how he is managing on so little. Writes about his health and the damp Oregon weather. Talks about coming to see him. A dried flower is enclosed in this letter.
GLC09414.0041
17 January 1943
Diamond, Sidney, 1922-1945
to Estelle Spero
Diamond describes watching a group of cavalry officers warming up for a fox-hunt. He also discusses his Spanish class.
GLC09120.177
Diamond complains about having been served pork for all meals recently. He also describes a mock court-martial that took place the day before, in which he played the defendant.
GLC09120.234
5 August 1944
Sylvia reports that her father has had more "spells", mentions Hy.
GLC09414.0344
15 September 1944
Sylvia saw a demonstration take place, and her father is still quite ill.
GLC09414.0383
26 June 1848
Gore, John H., fl. 1848
Affidavit of Captain John H. Gore 4th Infantry
Swears that Ulysses S. Grant asked his permission, on about 7 June, 1848, to "place a bag of public money in my private trunk, saying at the time, that he considered it the most safe place for its conveyance on the march which we were preparing to...
GLC02305.02
4 April 1944
Diamond writes that the oriental inscription on the ring that Estelle bought for him causes him embarrassment, as people assume that he "Got that off a Jap".
GLC09120.385
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