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“We have to start again under our own momentum": Eleanor Roosevelt to Lorena Hickok, April 19, 1945

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Title: “We have to start again under our own momentum": Eleanor Roosevelt to Lorena Hickok, April 19, 1945
Description: Letter Eleanor Roosevelt wrote to Lorena Hickok regarding FDR's death, her tentative hopes for the future, and her grief.

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Eleanor Roosevelt to Lorena Hickok, April 19, 1945
This letter was written by Eleanor Roosevelt to Lorena Hickok. The correspondence took place just days after the death of President FDR, Eleanor's husband. In the letter, she grieves for him and speaks about her idea of what life will be like moving forward without him.