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Letter from Eleanor Roosevelt to "Mr. Betz"

  • 1939-Jun-09

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Thank-you letter from First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt to Betz Laboratories for fabricating water identical to that found in London, which was then delivered to the White House and used for the tea served to the King and Queen of England.

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  • Box 3, Folder 12

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Roosevelt, Eleanor. “Letter from Eleanor Roosevelt to ‘Mr. Betz,’” June 9, 1939. BetzDearborn, Incorporated Records, Box 3, Folder 12. Science History Institute. Philadelphia. https://digital.sciencehistory.org/works/3x816n53x.

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