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

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09414.0055 Author/Creator: Weiner, Sylvia (1912-2008) Place Written: [Brooklyn, New York] Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 3 June 1943 Pagination: 2 p. ; 21.6 x 14 cm.
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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.

Federal payroll tax withholding began in 1943.

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

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