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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.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-09-14
William Loeb, on behalf of Edith Roosevelt, sends the Albany Savings Bank a check from President Roosevelt’s sister Anna Roosevelt Cowles “in favor of Quentin Roosevelt for $10.”
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1906-12-13
Douglas Robinson acknowledges the receipt of three different checks to be deposited for President Roosevelt.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-03-02
President Roosevelt holds “relief sauce” in his right hand and wears a belt with a buckle that says, “In God we trust.” Behind him is “confidence pudding” with steam that says, “for everybody.” In the background is a turkey labeled “bank deposits” that says, “saved.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-11-28
Theodore Roosevelt’s secretary sends a check from the Astor Trust Company for Douglas Robinson to deposit into Roosevelt’s account.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1912-08-02
Theodore Roosevelt’s secretary asks Douglas Robinson to deposit $2,000 into Roosevelt’s account at the Astor Trust.
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1911-02-10
William Loeb, President Roosevelt’s personal secretary, sends Douglas Robinson a check from the National Mining and Exploring Co. into Roosevelt’s principal account.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-03-05
William Loeb, secretary to the President, sends Douglas Robinson a receipt for deposit to the credit of President Roosevelt’s principal account and a check signed by publishing company G.P. Putnam’s Sons.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-02-28
On behalf of Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt, William Loeb asks the Fifth Avenue Bank of New York to verify her recent deposit of $969.82 made to her account by the real estate firm Wm. Cruikshank’s Sons.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-03-02
William H. Taft asks President Roosevelt’s advice regarding his acceptance speech. He is concerned about some of the ideas that William Jennings Bryan adopted in the Democratic Party platform, particularly the government guarantee of bank deposits. Taft feels that such guarantees are wrong in principle, but he does not want to take a stand without consulting with party leaders.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-07-15
Douglas Robinson acknowledges receipt of a check from Charles Scribner’s Sons to be deposited in President Roosevelt’s account.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-03-12
Secretary of the Treasury Shaw writes to President Roosevelt about F. E. Lyford’s suggestion that the government should accept certified checks instead of requiring currency. According to Shaw, requiring cash does not contribute to the “nonelastic character of our present currency system,” and he does not agree with Lyford’s recommendations regarding national bank notes. Shaw claims that Lyford has not sufficiently analyzed the matter.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-12-01
Douglas Robinson deposited the $5000 check to the President’s credit in the Fulton Trust Company.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-11-09
Douglas Robinson has received William Loeb’s letter with the check from Charles Scribner’s Sons’ on the National Park Bank of New York, to be placed in President Roosevelt’s account. Robinson will attend to that as soon as possible.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-05-17
Cancelled bank check no. 467 for $100 made payable to Theodore Roosevelt, signed and endorsed by Theodore Roosevelt.
Theodore Roosevelt Inaugural National Historic Site
1917-01-31
Douglas Robinson has received President Roosevelt’s checks.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-12-09