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Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945 [Address at the dedication of the Jersey City Medical Center, New Jersey]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC00196.05 Author/Creator: Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945 Place Written: Jersey City, New Jersey Type: Typed document signed Date: 02 October 1936 Pagination: 2 p. : Height: 35 cm, Width: 21 cm Order a Copy

Signed at the end. Marked hold for release by M. H. McIntyre, Assistant Secretary to the President. Mentions the funds of the Public Works Administration that went to American hospitals. Thanks those in the medical and nursing professions. Discusses public health provisions.

McIntyre, Marvin Hunter, 1878-1943
Roosevelt, Franklin Delano, 1882-1945

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