[Letter] 1951 May 27, New York [to Leo] Whitehill. / Louis Fischer.

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[Letter] 1951 May 27, New York [to Leo] Whitehill. / Louis Fischer.

Typescript (carbon copy) signed. A letter thanking Dr. Whitehill for his letter praising the author's biography of Gandhi.

1 leaf ; 21 cm.

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