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Birchard, Robert S., fl. 1974 to Congressman Carlos J. Moorhead

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09613.02.0794.02 Author/Creator: Birchard, Robert S., fl. 1974 Place Written: La Crescenta, California Type: Typed letter signed Date: 26 July 1974 Pagination: 1 p. : Height: 26.1 cm, Width: 18.4 cm Order a Copy

One letter from Robert S. Birchard to Congressman Carlos J. Moorhead dated July 26, 1974. Birchard supports the impeachment of President Nixon. Came with GLC09613.02.0794.01 and GLC09613.02.0794.03. Item is a response to a letter from Moorhead concerning the Nixon impeachment trial. He writes, "If you bothered to read the 95% of the evidence you publicly announced that you have read, why in God's name didn't you bother to read the other 5%? After plodding through chapter after dreary chapter of Moby Dick, I followed through and finished the book just because the goal was at hand."

Moorhead, Carlos J., 1922-2011
Nixon, Richard M. (Richard Milhous), 1913-1994
Birchard, Robert S., fl. 1974

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