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Letter to David Baldwin and Bernard Hassell from François Mitterrand

December 2, 1987

Smithsonian NMAAHC collection

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Source catalog description

This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.

A typed letter from François Mitterrand to David Baldwin, James Baldwin's brother, and Bernard Hassell, the man who managed James Baldwin's house in France, in which Mitterand expresses his condolences on the death of James Baldwin.

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Catalog reference: 2011.99.31

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