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Hoover, J. Edgar (1895-1972) to D. T. Schoonover

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02504.23 Author/Creator: Hoover, J. Edgar (1895-1972) Place Written: Washington, D. C. Type: Typed letter signed Date: 13 October 1936 Pagination: 1 p. ; 23 x 16 cm. Order a Copy

Thanks him for commending his speech entitled, "True Costs of Crime." Signed as director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Addressed to Schoonover as Dean of Marietta College, Ohio.

Hoover, J. Edgar (John Edgar), 1895-1972
Schoonover, D. T., fl. 1936

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