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Benson, Lucy Wilson, (fl. 1973) to Congressman Carlos J. Moorhead

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09613.02.0561.02 Author/Creator: Benson, Lucy Wilson, (fl. 1973) Place Written: Washington D.C., Type: Typed letter Date: 10 December 1973 Pagination: 2 p. ; 27.9 x 21.6 cm Order a Copy

One letter from Lucy Wilson Benson to Local, State, and ILO Presidents and copied to Congressman Carlos J. Moorhead dated December 10, 1973. Benson supports the impeachment of President Nixon. Document is written on behalf of the League of Women Voters of the United States. It contains a summary of a meeting of the Board of Directors of the League of Women Voters.

Moorhead, Carlos J., 1922-2011
Nixon, Richard Milhous, 1913-1994
Benson, Lucy Wilson, fl. 1973
1945 to the Present
Watergate
Impeachment
President
The Seventies

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