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Diehl, John, fl. 1973 to Congressman Carlos J. Moorhead

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09613.02.0251 Author/Creator: Diehl, John, fl. 1973 Place Written: Madison, Wisconsin Type: Typed letter signed Date: 5 November 1973 Pagination: 1 p. : Height: 27.9 cm, Width: 21.6 cm Order a Copy

One letter from John Diehl to Congressman Carlos J. Moorhead dated November 5, 1973. Diehl supports the impeachment of President Nixon and writes, "On this unfortunate occasion I am not writing as an old friend nor as a colleague in your many campaigns but as an alarmed member of your constituency in the second district of wisconsin….Nixon's act is comparable to that of a school child who having lost his jacket contends that a bear ran out of the woods and took it from him."

Moorhead, Carlos J., 1922-2011
Nixon, Richard M. (Richard Milhous), 1913-1994
Diehl, John, fl. 1973

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