Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Leslie M. Shaw
President Roosevelt is anxious to reinstate Howland.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1902-02-01
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Shaw, Leslie M. (Leslie Mortier), 1848-1932
Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Leslie M. Shaw
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.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1907-09-26
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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.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1907-08-19
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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.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1907-08-03
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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.”
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1907-01-19
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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.”
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1906-12-07
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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.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1901-09-14
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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.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1904-12-27
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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.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1902-09-11
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Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Leslie M. Shaw
President Roosevelt believes that Israel Frederick Fischer should be president of the Board of General Appraisers.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1902-06-04
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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.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1902-06-04
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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.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1902-06-05
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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.”
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1903-01-17
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Letter from William Loeb to Leslie M. Shaw
At the direction of President Roosevelt, William Loeb encloses a memorandum of recess appointment of William D. Crum as Collector of Customs at Charleston, South Carolina.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1903-12-07
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Telegram from William Loeb to Leslie M. Shaw
William Loeb informs Secretary of the Treasury Shaw that President Roosevelt is away and will be unable to advise him until tomorrow afternoon. Shaw should remain in Chicago and complete his business.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1903-07-10
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Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Leslie M. Shaw
President Roosevelt writes to Secretary of the Treasury Shaw, enclosing a letter from Collector of Customs Robert Winston Dowe that discusses the Republican Congressional campaign. Dowe should not be providing political advice or suggestions to any employees, and Roosevelt would like an investigation into Dowe’s actions.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1902-10-24
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Letter from George B. Cortelyou to Leslie M. Shaw
On behalf of President Roosevelt, George B. Cortelyou asks Leslie M. Shaw for the results of the Treasury Department investigation into Ralph Izard, Chinese Inspector at Brooklyn, New York (called Frank in the letter).
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1903-01-12
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Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Leslie M. Shaw
President Roosevelt will bring up former Secretary of the Treasury Shaw’s proposal with the current Secretary of the Treasury George B. Cortelyou, but notes how difficult it is to get any agreement about the currency.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1907-11-02
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Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Leslie M. Shaw
President Roosevelt notes the suggestions in Leslie M. Shaw’s letter as pertaining to monopolies. Furthermore, Shaw provided a helpful hint regarding the need to apply the same regulations to other industries which will be enforced over the railroads.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1907-03-15
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Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Leslie M. Shaw
President Roosevelt requests a thorough investigation of the recent loses in the sub-treasury offices in St. Louis and Chicago. He directs that if there is a defect in the system, the system is to be changed.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1907-02-26