Shaw, Leslie M. (Leslie Mortier), 1848-1932 |

President Roosevelt returns Leslie M. Shaw’s speech unread, as reading it would make Roosevelt somewhat responsible for it. Roosevelt believes that it is Shaw’s duty to speak his beliefs, and he promises not to misinterpret its content.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-09-26

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Leslie M. Shaw

President Roosevelt gives Leslie M. Shaw, president of the Carnegie Trust Company, permission to publish the letters. However, he suggests omitting the last paragraph of one as many on Wall Street will not agree with it.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-08-19

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Leslie M. Shaw

President Roosevelt is always pleased to hear from Leslie M. Shaw, and finds what the Japanese Vice Admiral says to be important. Roosevelt will have the navy look in to the matter again, but cannot do anything further: for one, the Admiral has not accepted any of the torpedoes, but also Roosevelt does not wish to “upset” naval personnel by continuously appealing to them on behalf of others.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-08-03

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Leslie M. Shaw

President Roosevelt tells Secretary of the Treasury Shaw that he will need a good reason to get involved in “that Pittsburg post office matter.”

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-01-19

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Leslie M. Shaw

President Roosevelt tells Secretary of the Treasury Shaw that he has just read a brief on Treasury operations since Shaw took office five years prior. Roosevelt congratulates Shaw on a job well done, noting that many forget that “the Secretary of the Treasury stands between” the American people “and business disaster.”

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-12-07

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Letter from George B. Cortelyou to Leslie M. Shaw

George B. Cortelyou thanks Governor Shaw for his telegram and hopes he will see Shaw in Washington.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1901-09-14

Creator(s)

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

Letter from Eben H. Hubbard to Leslie M. Shaw

Eben H. Hubbard writes to Secretary of the Treasury Shaw that the reports against Mobile collector William Frye Tebbetts are inaccurate. The president of a Mobile bank sent a letter to Senator William P. Frye to vouch for Tebbetts’s character, as well.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-12-27

Creator(s)

Hubbard, Eben H.

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Leslie M. Shaw

President Roosevelt wants a new document circulated that makes clear that federal employees are under no obligation to contribute funds to Republican political campaigns, thus negating a circular distributed previously by Republican officials.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1902-09-11

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Leslie M. Shaw

President Roosevelt believes that Israel Frederick Fischer should be president of the Board of General Appraisers.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1902-06-04

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Leslie M. Shaw

President Roosevelt asks Secretary of the Treasury Shaw for information on a clerk in the Department of the Treasury, Smith D. Fry, who is making attacks on the Republican party.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1902-06-04

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Leslie M. Shaw

President Roosevelt would like to give “a first-class white man from North Carolina” a position of at least $3000.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1902-06-05

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Leslie M. Shaw

President Roosevelt provides Leslie M. Shaw with lists of the Commissioners “to test and examine the weight and fineness of the coins reserved at the several mints during the calendar year 1902.”

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-01-17

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919