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Whitney, Karen Lee, fl. 1973 to Congressman Carlos J. Moorhead

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09613.02.1049 Author/Creator: Whitney, Karen Lee, fl. 1973 Place Written: New York, New York Type: Typed letter signed Date: 30 October 1973 Pagination: 1 p. : Height: 29 cm, Width: 22.5 cm Order a Copy

One letter from Karen Lee Whitney to Congressman Carlos J. Moorhead dated October 30, 1973. Whitney supports the impeachment of President Nixon and writes, "I have never written to Congress before, and I am only doing so now out of complete outrage, as an expression of creative anger, and an alternative to breaking something in my own house."

Moorhead, Carlos J., 1922-2011
Nixon, Richard M. (Richard Milhous), 1913-1994
Whitney, Karen Lee, fl. 1973

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