World War I volunteer correspondence, 1917-1919.

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World War I volunteer correspondence, 1917-1919.

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Primarily letters to Roosevelt from African-Americans around the country offering their services in a proposed colored volunteer regiment, with some copies of replies by Roosevelt or W.E. Dame, and correspondence concerning the regiment among Roosevelt, Dame, William Jay Schiefflen and others, including Hamilton Fish Jr.

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Fish, Hamilton, 1808-1893

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Dame, W.E.

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United States. Army

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Schiefflen, William Jay.

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Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

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