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On the recordJune 12, 1931
I AM SADDENED to learn of the death of your husband Dr. Franklin Henry Giddings and extend my deep sympathy to you.
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Herbert Hoover
Republican · California

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Message of Sympathy on the Death of Franklin Henry Giddings.

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