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Letterbook

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC06196.002 Author/Creator: Place Written: s.l. Type: Letterbook Date: 1946/02/27-05/19 Pagination: 91 items + 8 loose items. Order a Copy

Letter Book #1. Red Covered plastic bound book, with black "Major General John H. Hilldring" on cover. Ninety-One letters and telegrams congratulating Hilldring on his Nomination and subsequent appointment as Assistant Secretary of State.

Hilldring, John H., 1895-1974

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