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Richard Nixon: I am therefore happy to report that in fiscal year 1971 the Endowment received a total of 517 separate gifts, about four…

On the recordJanuary 31, 1972
I am therefore happy to report that in fiscal year 1971 the Endowment received a total of 517 separate gifts, about four times the number received the previous year.
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Richard Nixon
Republican · California

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Message to the Congress Transmitting Annual Report of the National Endowment for the Humanities.

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