Letter from Henry Lee Higginson to Theodore Roosevelt
Subject(s): Banks and banking, Bills, Legislative--U.S. states, Currency question--U.S. states, Lodge, Henry Cabot, 1850-1924, Meetings, Shaw, Leslie M. (Leslie Mortier), 1848-1932, United States. Congress, United States. Department of the Treasury, United States. Dept. of the Treasury, United States. Office of Internal Revenue
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Henry Lee Higginson discusses financial matters and United States currency. Higginson writes of a meeting with Secretary of the Treasury Leslie M. Shaw and a number of bank presidents, as well as a recent conversation with Senator Henry Cabot Lodge. Higginson asserts the need to draft a Banking and Currency Bill for review by the United States Congress.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1903-11-06
Creator(s)
Higginson, Henry Lee, 1834-1919
Recipient
Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919
Language
English
Period
U.S. President – 1st Term (September 1901-February 1905)
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 Henry Lee Higginson to Theodore Roosevelt. [November 6, 1903]. Library of Congress Manuscript Division. Library of Congress Manuscript Division.
https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o42671. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University.
MLA:
Higginson, Henry Lee, 1834-1919. Letter from Henry Lee Higginson to Theodore Roosevelt. [6 Nov. 1903]. Multi-image.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division. Library of Congress Manuscript Division.
Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University. January 15, 2026. https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o42671.
APA:
Higginson, Henry Lee, 1834-1919., [1903, November 6]. Letter from Henry Lee Higginson to Theodore Roosevelt.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division. Library of Congress Manuscript Division.
Retrieved from https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o42671.
Cite this Collection
Chicago:
Library of Congress Manuscript Division. 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. Library of Congress Manuscript Division.
Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University. January 15, 2026. https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/collection/library-of-congress-manuscript-division.
APA:
Library of Congress Manuscript Division. Library of Congress Manuscript Division.
Retrieved from https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/collection/library-of-congress-manuscript-division.
