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Palmer, Gerald Lee, (fl. 1973) to Congressman Carlos J. Moorhead

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09613.02.0018 Author/Creator: Palmer, Gerald Lee, (fl. 1973) Place Written: Oxnard, California Type: Typed letter signed Date: 29 October 1973 Pagination: 4 p. ; 28 x 21.7 cm. Order a Copy

One letter from Gerald Lee Palmer to Congressman Carlos J. Moorhead dated October 29, 1973. Palmer writes in support of the impeachment of President Nixon. He includes a numbered list of grievances with the Nixon administration, spanning the entirety of Nixon's presidential term. He requests the vote for impeachment stating, "I make this request not because of the current furor over 'the tapes' but because of a continuing for and one-half years of unconstitutionally sordid activity by the Nixon administration."

Moorhead, Carlos J., 1922-2011
Nixon, Richard Milhous, 1913-1994
Palmer, Gerald Lee, fl. 1973

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