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Jellis, Arthur B., fl. 1974 to Congressman Carlos J. Moorhead

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09613.02.0640.02 Author/Creator: Jellis, Arthur B., fl. 1974 Place Written: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Type: Typed document Date: 6 January 1974 Pagination: 2 p. : Height: 27.9 cm, Width: 21.6 cm Order a Copy

One document from Arthur B. Jellis to Congressman Carlos J. Moorhead dated January 6, 1974. Jellis supports the impeachment of President Nixon. Item is a sermon delivered at the Unitarian Church of Germantown. The sermon reads, "What we face today is the same risk of executive tyranny that was feared and faced two centuries ago in this land, and the issue at hand is not how to 'get the President'; it is rather how to save the office of President as an institution."

Moorhead, Carlos J., 1922-2011
Nixon, Richard M. (Richard Milhous), 1913-1994
Jellis, Arthur B., fl. 1974

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