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Secret Service Chief John E. Wilkie informs George B. Cortelyou that they have investigated James Seldon Cowdon at his request. Cowdon is a clerk in the Treasury Department and has characteristics of “a harmless crank.” Cowdon is interested in political economy and flying machines, and talks about both “with fluency and a total disregard of facts.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1901-11-13
George B. Cortelyou provides Puerto Rico Governor Hunt with information about three potential candidates for Treasurer of Puerto Rico and asks which he thinks will be most satisfactory.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1901-11-06
Assistant Secretary of the Treasury Ailes left a message stating that the collector of customs at El Paso, Moses Dillon, can be removed at any time. The collector’s term expires next spring.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1901-11-02
Under Section 64 of the Philippine Organic Act (1902), the Philippine government plans to purchase land, paying for it through bond issuance. Secretary of War Root asks Secretary of the Treasury Shaw to make an announcement concerning Philippine Land Purchase Bonds.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-12-21
As directed by President Roosevelt, in accord with a recommendation by Holmes Conrad and Charles J. Bonaparte following a recent government investigation, Secretary of the Treasury Shaw lists the names of appointees from the Department of the Treasury to a special commission. The commission’s duty will be to develop a plan to protect the work of the comptroller and auditors from political influence and from enmity incurred in the course of such work. The appointees include Charles Hallam Keep, W. H. Hills, and Milton E. Ailes.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-11-06