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Letter from Eleanor Roosevelt to Edwin M. Ross

  • 1939-Feb-07

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Letter from First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt to Edwin M. Ross in which Roosevelt accepts Ross's offer to analyze and duplicate London city water which would be used to serve tea to the King and Queen of England.

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  • Box 3, Folder 13

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Roosevelt, Eleanor. “Letter from Eleanor Roosevelt to Edwin M. Ross,” February 7, 1939. BetzDearborn, Incorporated Records, Box 3, Folder 13. Science History Institute. Philadelphia. https://digital.sciencehistory.org/works/v979v413n.

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