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Wilson, Woodrow, 1856-1924 A message calling for war with the imperial German government in defense of American rights

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03621 Author/Creator: Wilson, Woodrow, 1856-1924 Place Written: Washington, District of Columbia Type: Broadside signed Date: 2 April 1917 Pagination: 1 p. : Height: 58.5 cm, Width: 44.5 cm Order a Copy

Subtitled "Delivered by President Woodrow Wilson to the Congress of the United States of America on Monday, April the Second, in the year nineteen hundred seventeen."

Wilson, Woodrow, 1856-1924

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