Christmas Letter From Governor Clinton to President Reagan

This is an interesting image of a letter that we dug up at the National Archives. Bill Clinton was Governor of Arkansas at the time it was sent around Christmas, 1988.

letter from Bill Clinton to Ronald Reagan on December 27th, 1988

Source: U.S. National Archives

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