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Unknown to Mrs. Cordelia S. Williams

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09587.039 Author/Creator: Unknown Place Written: Chicago, Illinois Type: Typed letter Date: 5 January 1944 Pagination: 1 p. ; 26.5 x 20 cm. Order a Copy

A letter to Cordelia Williams from the Railroad Retirement Board explaining what she must do to claim the death benefits she may be able to recieve on behalf of her son "Le Roi" Shelton Williams.

Williams, Cordelia Shelton (1884-1978)
Williams, LeRoi S. (1919-1943)

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