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New York Times (New York, N.Y.) Dear Basketball

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09620.444 Author/Creator: New York Times (New York, N.Y.) Place Written: New York, New York Type: Newspaper Date: April 20, 2003 Pagination: 4 p. Order a Copy

One issue of the New York Times dated April 20, 2003. Front page contains a letter from Michael Jordan announcing his retirement from basketball.

Jordan, Michael, 1941-

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