{"id":8146,"date":"2014-03-14T12:36:01","date_gmt":"2014-03-14T16:36:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/getitright.pmss.net\/?page_id=8146"},"modified":"2014-03-16T17:47:54","modified_gmt":"2014-03-16T21:47:54","slug":"de-long-zande-papers-series-ii-folder-11-letters-to-her-family-march-august-1914","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/staging.pinemountainsettlement.net\/?page_id=8146","title":{"rendered":"de LONG \u2013 ZANDE PAPERS: Series II &#8211; Folder 11.   Letters to her family.  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