Document Type
Letter
Files
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Date
1940
Keywords
Britain, resistance, American destroyers, British Fleet, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Huntington Wilson
Description
A hand-written letter from Francis Mairs Huntington-Wilson addressed to Franklin D. Roosevelt, dating from circa 1940. Within, Wilson notes the need to aid British resistance with American military power.
Sender
Francis Mairs Huntington-Wilson
Recipient
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Corresponds to:
Folder 3-5, Document 25
Transcription
The President, Washington D.C.
With America's future obviously hanging upon successful British resistance the duty of instantly providing American destroyers to help the British fleet cannot be evaded.
F. M. Huntington-Wilson
Language
English
Rights Statement
Please contact the Myrin Library Special Collections Department for permissions to use this document. https://www.ursinus.edu/library/archives-special-collections/
Recommended Citation
Huntington-Wilson, Francis Mairs, "Letter From Francis Mairs Huntington-Wilson to Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1940" (1940). World War II Era Documents, 1939-1945. 23.
https://digitalcommons.ursinus.edu/fmhw_secondworldwar_documents/23
