Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Leslie M. Shaw
Subject(s): Civil service, Civil service ethics, Employees--Dismissal of, Meeser, Clarence, 1851-, Pennsylvania--Philadelphia, United States Civil Service Commission, United States. Internal Revenue Service, Yerkes, John Watson, 1854-1922
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President Roosevelt sends Secretary of the Treasury Shaw some messages from the United States Civil Service Commission, and asks him to direct Internal Revenue Commissioner John Watson Yerkes to instruct Internal Revenue Collector William McCoach to dismiss Clarence Meeser, Deputy Collector of Internal Revenues for Philadelphia, immediately. He also expects Yerkes to investigate cases of this sort on his own initiative in the future without having to turn to the Civil Service Commission.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1905-06-20
Creator(s)
Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919
Recipient
Shaw, Leslie M. (Leslie Mortier), 1848-1932
Language
English
Period
Progressive Party Candidate (1911-1912)
Repository
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Page Count
2
Production Method
Record Type
Multi-image
Resource Type
Rights
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Citation
Cite this Record
Chicago:
Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Leslie M. Shaw. [June 20, 1905]. Library of Congress Manuscript Division.
https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o191979. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University.
MLA:
Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919. Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Leslie M. Shaw. [20 Jun. 1905]. Multi-image.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University. February 27, 2026. https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o191979.
APA:
Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919., [1905, June 20]. Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Leslie M. Shaw.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University.
Retrieved from https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o191979.
Cite this Collection
Chicago:
Library of Congress Manuscript Division. https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/collection/library-of-congress-manuscript-division. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University.
MLA:
Library of Congress Manuscript Division. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University. February 27, 2026. https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/collection/library-of-congress-manuscript-division.
APA:
Library of Congress Manuscript Division. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University. Retrieved from https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/collection/library-of-congress-manuscript-division.
