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1 A When I moved to Toledo from Newark, we met 2 the Boweses and were friends with them. 3 Q You and your wife were friends with Mr. 4 Bowes and his wife? 5 A Right. 6 Q How long did you remain friends? 7 A Until he died. 8 Q When was that? 9 A Until she died, and she died last year or 10 so. He died quite a while ago. 11 Q Were you friends throughout the 1950s, 12 ' 60s? 13 A Well, when we went to New York, of course, 14 we didn t see them then. 15 Q That was in the period 1949 to '59? 16 A Yeah, and then we moved back to Toledo 17 finally and he was gone, I guess, by then. She just 18 died recently. 19 Q But at the time this letter was written to 20 Mr. Bowes in 1948, you knew him then? 21 A Yes. Page 1106 1