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Teddy Roosevelt: “A more shameful letter was never written, and it was sufficient of itself to show Pickering's conspicuous incapacity for…”

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A more shameful letter was never written, and it was sufficient of itself to show Pickering's conspicuous incapacity for the position he held.
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Teddy Roosevelt
Republican · New York

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Roosevelt criticizes a letter written by Timothy Pickering, highlighting its inadequacy and the incompetence of the Secretary of War.

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