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

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09414.0019 Author/Creator: Weiner, Sylvia (1912-2008) Place Written: [Brooklyn, New York] Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 2 May 1943 Pagination: 9 p. ; 18 x 13 cm. Order a Copy

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.

Dodgers- National League Baseball team located in Brooklyn New York, 1884-1957.
FDR-Franklin Roosevelt-United States President 1933-1945.
John L. Lewis- Labor Leader-United Mine Workers. Founded CIO.
CIO-Congress of Industrial Organizations

Weiner, Morris "Moe," 1909-1988
Weiner, Sylvia, 1912-2008
Roosevelt, Franklin Delano, 1882-1945
Lewis, John Llewellyn, 1880-1969

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