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Lyons, Curtis Blair (1894-1968) to Helen Lyons

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC07810.068 Author/Creator: Lyons, Curtis Blair (1894-1968) Place Written: Castillon, France Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 2 February 1919 Pagination: 2 p. ; 20.5 x 27 cm. Order a Copy

Writes to his wife about moving to a new location in the middle of wine country. He discusses the weather and asks about their daughter. Doubts any mail will reach him because he does not know the post office number. Written on YMCA letterhead.

Private Lyons was in the 307th Company, Tank Corps, American Expeditionary Forces and was part of the Polish Collegium.

Lyons, Curtis Blair, 1894-1968
Lyons, Helen, 1895-1990

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