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Wald, Lillian D., 1867-1940 to Franklin D. Roosevelt

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03181.03 Author/Creator: Wald, Lillian D., 1867-1940 Place Written: s.l. Type: Typed letter Date: January 16, 1939 Pagination: 1 p. : Height: 21.8 cm, Width: 14.3 cm Order a Copy

Copy of a letter written to Roosevelt thanking him for his speech he sent her (see GLC03181.01,.02) and stating that she has put it in her treasure box. Gives her love to him and his wife, Eleanor.

Wald, Lillian D., 1867-1940
Roosevelt, Franklin Delano, 1882-1945

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