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Submitted by David Weitz

Information Picture Question
Category: Translation - Yiddish
Approval Date: 10/20/2021 4:49 PM
Family Surname: Gittlen
Country: Poland
Town: Dokshitsy
Date of Image: abt 1934
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Please provide a translation from the Yiddish to English.
This is the front page of the 1st letter I have. The back page of the first letter is the next image. There are of 13 letters with front and back.

On the envelope somebody wrote, "Letters to Morris Gittlen from Shmuel David Gittlen 1934. So these were addressed to Morris Gittlen in Harrisburg, but I am not sure if they were from his father or brother in Dokshitsy.

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10/26/2021 4:27 AM This is written to "My dear daughter in law Mrs. Shoshe may she live [may she live is a common salutation and especially to my dear grandchildren ---- with their golden names Eleyoshinke[?] and Simchele[?] and Hirshele may they have many years and may you have much naches from them. ----
Basically asking about the grandchildren, wanting to know how they're doing, what they're up to, how they're learning and why they're not writing him in their own hand. He wants to hear from them it's his main pleasure, and so on.

Signed Shmuel David Git--- and a word I can't make out at tll.

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