Murray, Lawrence O., 1864-1926

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1913-03-25

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Recipient

Murray, Lawrence O., 1864-1926

Language

English

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1912-12-27

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Recipient

Murray, Lawrence O., 1864-1926

Language

English

President Roosevelt is glad he could aid in Comptroller of Currency Murray’s recovery, and instructs him to move forward with the bank deposit matter. When Roosevelt is in Washington, D.C., he would like to see the article.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-09-14

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

President Roosevelt is glad to hear that Assistant Secretary of Commerce and Labor Murray is well and is pleased to learn what Murray has to say about William H. Taft.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-08-18

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

President Roosevelt would like Assistant Secretary of Commerce and Labor Murray to suggest remarks he might make in his annual message to Congress, regarding the Committee on Department Methods, otherwise known as the Keep Commission.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-07-23

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Attorney General Bonaparte responds to Lawrence O. Murray’s letter inquiring about the census of the Oklahoma Territory. Bonaparte informs Murray all that is needed is accurate information of the population, which will allow fairness and equity in districting members of the legislature. He requests the information as soon as possible after the September 17 election.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-09-08

Creator(s)

Bonaparte, Charles J. (Charles Joseph), 1851-1921

Theodore Roosevelt heartily thanks Lawrence O. Murray for his letter, saying that he and Mrs. Roosevelt have never been more touched by one of Murray’s letters.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1912-06-10

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Theodore Roosevelt has not looked into the matter and suggests Lawrence O. Murry speak to Lawrence F. Abbott who has.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-12-08

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

President Roosevelt has received Comptroller of the Currency Murray’s note regarding the Pittsburgh matter, and is greatly pleased about the work that Murray is doing.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-12-18

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

President Roosevelt is glad to hear that Comptroller of the Currency Murray is healthy again.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-07-14

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

President Roosevelt quotes an excerpt from the English Fortnightly Review which praises the quality of men in his administration.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-05-23

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

President Roosevelt is pleased that Lawrence O. Murray will take the position of Comptroller of the Currency.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-04-03

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

President Roosevelt directs Assistant Secretary of Commerce and Labor Murray to call on General Frederick Funston and question him regarding his recent telegram to the Adjutant General of the Army Fred C. Ainsworth. Roosevelt makes this request in view of his telegram to Nevada Governor John Sparks expressing his intention to remove the troops from Goldfield, Nevada.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-12-17

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

President Roosevelt sends Assistant Secretary of Commerce and Labor Murray his sympathy for the loss of his father Thomas Murray. 

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-10-10

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

President Roosevelt returns several reports to Acting Secretary of Commerce and Labor Lawrence O. Murray, and believes his suggestion to establish a commission to examine conditions of ocean steerage travel is a good one. He asks if Murray can suggest names of people to serve on such a commission.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-08-25

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

President Roosevelt informs Assistant Secretary of Commerce and Labor Murray he has been selected as part of a committee to investigate how to make the business of the government more efficient. The committee will also include Commissioner of Corporations James Rudolph Garfield, First Assistant Postmaster General Frank H. Hitchcock, Assistant Secretary of the Treasury Charles Hallam Keep, and Chief of the U.S. Forest Service Gifford Pinchot. Roosevelt lists several considerations he particularly wants the committee to examine, including how to eliminate “useless letter-writing.”

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-06-02

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

President Roosevelt would like a report from Acting Secretary of Commerce and Labor Murray on the investigation of the General Slocum disaster. His request is in response to an editorial published on September 24, 1904, in the Washington Star titled “Self-Applied White Wash.”

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-09-25

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919