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Weiner, Sylvia (1912-2008) to Morris "Moe" Weiner

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09414.0017 Author/Creator: Weiner, Sylvia (1912-2008) Place Written: [Brooklyn, New York] Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 30 April 1943 Pagination: 5 p. ; 23.2 x 15.5 cm. Order a Copy

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.

Dodgers- National League Baseball team located in Brooklyn New York, 1884-1957.
Phillies-National League Baseball Team located in Philadelphia, Pa.-oldest continuous, one-name, one-city franchise in all of professional American sports, dating to 1883.

Weiner, Morris "Moe," 1909-1988
Weiner, Sylvia, 1912-2008

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