Boggs, Lawrence G. (Lawrence Gedney), 1848-1915

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-06-25

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Recipient

Harriman, Edward Henry, 1848-1909

Secretary of the Navy Moody strongly opposes the appointment of Captain Boggs and wishes to make such an important appointment on the grounds of “efficiency and record.” The appointment is to be made in a few months, and if Moody does not recommend Boggs, he will write to Governor Odell in order to explain his reasoning.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1902-12-13

Charles J. Bonaparte sends President Roosevelt a report by an expert accountant on a defalcation discovered in the Navy Pay Office. Bonaparte is concerned about the laxity of supervision and perfunctory discharge of duty in the Pay Department, as well as its failure to adopt up-to-date methods of bookkeeping and accounting. Bonaparte recommends that a new Paymaster General be selected and that the Bureau of Supplies and Accounts be relieved of its accounting duties.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-08-28

President Roosevelt will file Edward Henry Harriman’s letter on behalf of Pay Director Lawrence G. Boggs. In the meantime, Roosevelt thanks Harriman for “the implication that I shall be in office on April 1st next.”

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-06-25