William Cary Sanger correspondence

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unitid

{"value"=>"19037", "type"=>"local_mss"}

origination

{"value"=>"Sanger, Wm. Cary (William Cary), 1853-1921", "type"=>"persname"}

unittitle

{"value"=>"William Cary Sanger correspondence"}

unitdate

{"value"=>"1850-1921", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1850/1921"}

physdesc

{"format"=>"structured", "physdesc_components"=>[{"name"=>"extent", "value"=>".1 linear foot (1 folder)"}], "supress_display"=>true}

physloc

{"value"=>"MssCol 19037", "type"=>"local_call", "supress_display"=>true}

abstract

{"value"=>"Colonel William Cary Sanger (1853-1921), served as Assistant Secretary of War from 1901-1903, and in a variety of military, political, and civic appointments. The collection consists of letters relating to Sanger's work on the State Commission on Lunacy, his personal research on the Spanish-American War, and his support of the charitable \"Lighthouses for the Blind\" agency. Notable correspondents include John Adams Dix, Charles Evans Hughes, Seth Low, Frederick Law Olmsted Jr., Elihu Root, Henry L. Stimson, and various military figures. Also included is a letter from Civil War general Charles Cleveland Dodge to his wife Mary Schieffelin dated 19 August 1863, and a set of clippings announcing Dodge's death"}

date_inclusive_start

1850

date_inclusive_end

1921

keydate

1850

prefercite

{"value"=>"William Cary Sanger correspondence, Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library"}

extent_statement

.1 linear feet (1 folder)

date_start

1850

date_end

1921

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