Cortelyou, George B. (George Bruce), 1862-1940

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

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1913-02-06

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Letter from William E. Cochran to George B. Cortelyou

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Cochran, William E., 1854-1927

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1902-04-17

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Letter from John E. Wilkie to George B. Cortelyou

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1902-09-17

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Letter from John E. Wilkie to George B. Cortelyou

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1902-03-31

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Letter from John E. Wilkie to George B. Cortelyou

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1902-02-06

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Letter from John E. Wilkie to George B. Cortelyou

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1902-03-26

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Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to George B. Cortelyou

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Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

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1917-07-31

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Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to George B. Cortelyou

President Roosevelt sends the civil service commission report and the documents collected from the Port Huron custom house to Secretary of the Treasury Cortelyou, to be made public as a warning. The collector of customs there, Lincoln Avery, was either ignorant or intentionally allowing the harmful practices for ten years, and Roosevelt will now remove him along with Special Treasury Agent Charles A. Bailey.

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1908-10-01

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to George B. Cortelyou

President Roosevelt encloses a letter from Cecil Andrew Lyon and asks Secretary of the Treasury Cortelyou if a week will be enough time to figure the situation out.

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1908-09-15

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to George B. Cortelyou

President Roosevelt explains to Secretary of the Treasury Cortelyou that although he fully supports the recruitment of good men to the service, he can not allow for the rules and regulations to be sidestepped. Men in the classified service are not permitted to enter and exit their roles to involve themselves in politics, as Grover Cleveland did, and therefore Roosevelt’s order on the classified places will have to be carried out.

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1908-09-10

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to George B. Cortelyou

President Roosevelt returns the enclosure about internal revenue offices in Tennessee to Secretary of the Treasury Cortelyou.

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1908-09-08

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to George B. Cortelyou

President Roosevelt wants to investigate the political activity in the Porter-Wadsworth district, including all its postmasters. He asks Secretary of the Treasury Cortelyou for suggestions about who should conduct the investigation.

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1908-08-27

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to George B. Cortelyou

President Roosevelt is uncertain what to make of Representative William S. Bennet’s letter but sends it to Secretary of the Treasury Cortelyou because of what it says about laborers. Roosevelt has also received a letter from the Kansas Law Department concerning the federal government’s role in regulating the sale of liquor. He asks Cortelyou for his opinion on the matter.

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1908-08-24

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to George B. Cortelyou

President Roosevelt asks Treasury Secretary Cortelyou to talk about an issue with Comptroller Lawrence O. Murray. He suggests paying for the trip out of funds for 1909. In a postscript, Roosevelt inquiries about Cortelyou’s opinion on the enclosed statement by Kingsbury Foster, the superintendent of the New York Assay Office, in connection with letters that Representative William S. Bennet will send.

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1908-08-20

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to George B. Cortelyou

President Roosevelt addresses three issues with Treasury Secretary Cortelyou. Roosevelt asks if it is necessary to appoint civil servants to the Assay Office without examination; registers his concern regarding the construction company Woodbury & Leighton in the matter of a new courthouse in Portland, Maine; and asks if laborers in the auction house in New York can be given a raise. He invites Cortelyou to join him for lunch to talk these matters over.

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1908-08-14

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to George B. Cortelyou

President Roosevelt sends Secretary Cortelyou information about John A. Merritt, who is causing trouble for Representative Peter A. Porter in his district. Roosevelt asks Cortelyou to contact Merritt about the matter. In a postscript, Roosevelt asks Cortelyou to contact Archie Dovell Sanders as well, to convince him to stop causing trouble in the election.

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1908-08-11

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to George B. Cortelyou

President Roosevelt sends a self-explanatory letter to Treasury Secretary Cortelyou. Once Cortelyou has read all of the papers, Roosevelt asks him to come submit them to him in person.

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1908-08-10

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to George B. Cortelyou

President Roosevelt authorizes Secretary of the Treasury Cortelyou to sell vessels of the United States Revenue Cutter Service that are deemed unfit for further service.

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1907-09-27

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to George B. Cortelyou

President Roosevelt encloses a letter to Secretary of the Treasury Cortelyou suggesting the people at the United States Mint see it. He hopes the new coins will be ready in the next two weeks; otherwise, he will have George Frederick Kunz, Victor D. Brenner, and Daniel Chester French supervise the project.

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1907-08-24

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to George B. Cortelyou

President Roosevelt directs Secretary of the Treasury Cortelyou to find out when the coins will be ready. He wants to know exactly how many high relief coins will be produced. After much delay, Roosevelt will not wait anymore.

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