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Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945 Presidential veto of "act to incorporate Mount Olive Cemetery Co."

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC04994 Author/Creator: Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945 Place Written: Washington, District of Columbia Type: Document signed Date: 1938/06/01 Pagination: 1 p. : collateral Height: 31.6 cm, Width: 20.3 cm Order a Copy

Presidential veto of "act to incorporate Mount Olive Cemetery Co." because it would exempt them from paying for public improvements. Originally pasted overall on an piece of light cardboard containing election ephemera for Vincent L. Palmisano. (According to conservator SD 7/96, backing cannot be removed without damage to typewritten text: returned without treatment.)

Roosevelt, Franklin Delano, 1882-1945

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