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Handy, Gerald, (1949-2020) to Mary Lawyer and Donald Lawyer

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09908.11 Author/Creator: Handy, Gerald, (1949-2020) Place Written: Vietnam Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 6 February 1969 Pagination: 1 p. : envelope ; Order a Copy

One letter from Gerald Handy to Mary and Donald Lawyer dated February 6, 1968. Handy addresses them as his mother-in-law and father-in-law and writes that it is getting worse but does not go into specifics. He mentions he quit drinking but not smoking cigarettes. He also mentions that it keeps raining and he is sick and tired of rain.

Handy, Gerald, 1949-2020
Lawyer, Donna, fl. 1951-1969
Lawyer, Mary, fl. 1968-1969
Lawyer, Donald, 1928-2017

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