Letter, White House, to Professor Frank D. Kern, State College, Pa., and reprint, 1969-1970.

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Letter, White House, to Professor Frank D. Kern, State College, Pa., and reprint, 1969-1970.

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In a 3 February 1970 letter, Richard M. Nixon thanks professor Kern for sending copies of his biographical sketch of Nixon's uncle, Ernest Leland Nixon, a former professor at Penn State. Also, includes a copy of the sketch reprinted from Phytopathology 59 (December 1969): 1778.

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