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Wilson, Woodrow (1856-1924) to J. Edwin Murphy re: asking for explanation about a story on his typewriter

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02793.064 Author/Creator: Wilson, Woodrow (1856-1924) Place Written: Washington Type: Typed letter signed Date: 1915/11/22 Pagination: 1 p. 23 x 18 cm Order a Copy

Signed as President. Enclosing a news story about Wilson's faulty typewriter which Wilson calls "silly and annoying." Murphy was editor of the Washington Times.

My dear sir:

I would be very much obliged for some explaination of tje enclosed silly and annoying lie.
Very truly yours,
Woodrow Wilson

enc.
Editor, The Washington Times,
Washington, D. C.

Wilson, Woodrow, 1856-1924

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