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Eleanor Roosevelt typed letter signed on 15 November 1949, written from her New York apartment. Roosevelt writes to a Mrs. Garrigue, the operator of a nursery in nearby Poughkeepsie, NY, in regards to a visit by Nobel Peace Prize winner Dr. Ralph Bunche: ''...Thank you for letting me know that Dr. Bunche is coming to Poughkeepsie on December 2nd. I have invited him and his wife to spend the night at my cottage. I am very much interested in having some of the United Nation Secretariat members invited and I think April is a good month...[signed] Eleanor Roosevelt.'' Dr. Bunche won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1950 for his work in Israel during the late 1940's. Measures 6'' x 7''. Near fine.
Eleanor Roosevelt Typed Letter Signed Regarding Nobel Peace Prize Winner Dr. Ralph Bunche
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