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Letter from Harry S. Truman to May (Mrs. George P.) Wallace

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This letter was dictated by Truman before President Franklin D. Roosevelt's death later that same day. Vice-President Truman prophetically informs his sister-in-law, May Wallace, that he has more work than he has ever had in the past and seems to have less time to complete it. A handwritten note by Truman at the bottom tells her that the letter was dictated "before the world fell in on me....you know what a blow it was. But - I must meet it".

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