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Hart, Margaret, fl. 1973-1974 to Congressman Carlos J. Moorhead

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09613.02.3649.07 Author/Creator: Hart, Margaret, fl. 1973-1974 Place Written: Lakewood, California Type: Autograph note signed Date: circa 1973-1974 Pagination: 1 p. : address Height: 29.9 cm, Width: 14.9 cm Order a Copy

One note from Margaret Hart to Congressman Carlos J. Moorhead dated circa 1973-1974. Hart is against the impeachment of President Nixon and writes, "Tell all the boobs on your panels that it is they and not Nixon that we want replaced!...The live Watergate tapes reveal what snide, stupid, mean, SMALL men we have in the Senate-no wonder they drink!"

Moorhead, Carlos J., 1922-2011
Nixon, Richard M. (Richard Milhous), 1913-1994
Hart, Margaret, fl. 1973-1974

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