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Mason, Dorothy, fl. 1974 to Congressman Carlos J. Moorhead

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09613.02.3745.02 Author/Creator: Mason, Dorothy, fl. 1974 Place Written: Anaheim, California Type: Typed letter signed Date: 29 January 1974 Pagination: 3 p. ; 28 x 22 cm. Order a Copy

One letter from Dorothy Mason and Jeanne S. Wood to Congressman Carlos J. Moorhead dated January 29, 1974. Mason and Wood are affronted over receiving a letter stamped with an "obscenity." They want the individual that sent it tracked down and fired.

Moorhead, Carlos J., 1922-2011
Nixon, Richard M. (Richard Milhous), 1913-1994
Mason, Dorothy, fl. 1974
Wood, Jeanne S., fl. 1974
Berry, Gerald, Mrs., fl. 1973

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