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

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09414.0091 Author/Creator: Weiner, Sylvia (1912-2008) Place Written: [Brooklyn, New York] Type: Typed letter signed Date: 26 August 1943 Pagination: 2 p. ; 28 x 21.7 cm. Order a Copy

Sylvia doesn't know how to fill out the gasoline rationing application she just received in the mail; because she has been away and had not used her allotted gasoline. Mentions tax problems for 1942. Has a union meeting during her lunch hour.

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

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