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Taxidermist William W. Hart received President Roosevelt’s check. He wants Roosevelt’s thoughts on the piece and informs him that the remount’s head is not representative of his work’s usual quality with a fresh specimen.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-08-06
Douglas Robinson (by his clerk Frank C. Smith) acknowledges that he has received a check from President Roosevelt, and it has been deposited in his account.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-04-26
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
George Haven Putnam is enclosing a royalty check for the Collier Edition of Roosevelt’s Works. Peter Fenelon Collier has a few more of the special editions to sell, but is confident that they will be purchased.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-10-16
Edward P. Guild, secretary of the Living Age Company, previously retained a check from President Roosevelt for the value of his signature. The check was recently stolen along with Guild’s pocketbook. Guild requests that Roosevelt have his secretary stop payment of the check and possibly send a new check.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-08-27
Herman Schedler, a photographer, discusses a check for the sum of $975 addressed to Piper-Heidseick Champagne Company, signed by Theodore Roosevelt. Schedler was given the task of photographing and making a plate of the check. He sent two copies of the photographs to Oberly and Newall and retained two for his personal files. He was alerted by Washington authorities that they objected to the photograph and requested he return the negative and all copies, which he did.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-03-28
Senator Platt informs President Roosevelt that he has received a check for $10,000 from William Blumenthal, whom Roosevelt recently appointed as Secretary of the Legation at Lisbon.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-09-26
Douglas Robinson received Frank Harper’s letter enclosing a statement and check from Houghton Mifflin Company to Theodore Roosevelt.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1910-02-02
Eugene Griffin acknowledges receipt of, and expresses his gratitude for, President Roosevelt’s twenty-five dollar check for the Spanish War Veterans Athletic Association.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-12-08
William Loeb acknowledges receipt of a check for $3,730. President Roosevelt was not surprised that Collier’s “had use only for minimum quantities.” Roosevelt did not believe it was a “very advantageous arrangement” for them.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-02-08
William Loeb encloses President Roosevelt’s check for Heins & La Farge.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-09-22
Gifford Pinchot regrets missing wrestling yesterday but has found it the “greatest kind of fun.” He encloses a check for his share of the “little samurai sword.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-04-28
Isabella Greenway is forwarding a check and Elliott Roosevelt’s address.
1934-03-19
Theodore Roosevelt informs author and editor Edward William Bok he cannot do as Bok wishes because he would have to do it in every case and he is returning Bok’s check. Roosevelt will decide which picture is his favorite and then write an “elaborate essay” on it.
1911-11-10
Theodore Roosevelt thanks his sister Anna for remembering his birthday. He would like Anna to ask Bob to forward any cattle checks to him at once. Roosevelt has continued to give lectures which he thinks have been successful.
1893-11-06
President Roosevelt thanks Walter Hines Page for the check and inquires as to when he will receive his copy of the Wallihan book. Roosevelt hopes to “accomplish some good in the south.”
1901-11-27
Douglas Robinson writes to William Loeb in receipt of checks for the amount of $10,000 intended for President Roosevelt’s principal account.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-10-21
Douglas Robinson has placed the check for $5,000 to the credit of President Roosevelt’s account at the Union Trust Company. Robinson will invest it as soon as possible.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-12-02
Albert Gleaves encloses a paymaster’s check for the balance due to President Roosevelt.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-11-10