Checks

Letter from Leslie M. Shaw to Theodore Roosevelt

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.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-12-01

Creator(s)

Shaw, Leslie M. (Leslie Mortier), 1848-1932

Letter from Douglas Robinson to William Loeb

Douglas Robinson deposited the $5000 check to the President’s credit in the Fulton Trust Company.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-11-09

Creator(s)

Robinson, Douglas, 1855-1918

Letter from George Haven Putnam to Theodore Roosevelt

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.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-10-16

Creator(s)

Putnam, George Haven, 1844-1930

Letter from Edward P. Guild to Theodore Roosevelt

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.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-08-27

Creator(s)

Guild, Edward P. (Edward Payson), 1857-1925

Testimony of Herman Schedler

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.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-03-28

Creator(s)

Schedler, Herman, 1858-1915

Letter from Thomas Collier Platt to Theodore Roosevelt

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.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-09-26

Creator(s)

Platt, Thomas Collier, 1833-1910

Letter from Douglas Robinson to Frank Harper

Douglas Robinson received Frank Harper’s letter enclosing a statement and check from Houghton Mifflin Company to Theodore Roosevelt.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1910-02-02

Creator(s)

Robinson, Douglas, 1855-1918

Letter from Eugene Griffin to William Loeb

Eugene Griffin acknowledges receipt of, and expresses his gratitude for, President Roosevelt’s twenty-five dollar check for the Spanish War Veterans Athletic Association.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-12-08

Creator(s)

Griffin, Eugene, 1855-1907

Letter from William Loeb to George Haven Putnam

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.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-02-08

Creator(s)

Loeb, William, 1866-1937

Letter from William Loeb to Heins & LaFarge

William Loeb encloses President Roosevelt’s check for Heins & La Farge.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-09-22

Creator(s)

Loeb, William, 1866-1937

Letter from Gifford Pinchot to Theodore Roosevelt

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.”

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-04-28

Creator(s)

Pinchot, Gifford, 1865-1946

Telegram from Isabella Greenway to the Southern Pacific Company

Isabella Greenway is forwarding a check and Elliott Roosevelt’s address.

Collection

Arizona Historical Society

Creation Date

1934-03-19

Creator(s)

King, Isabella Greenway, 1886-1953

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Edward William Bok

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.

Collection

Harvard College Library

Creation Date

1911-11-10

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Anna Roosevelt

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.

Collection

Harvard College Library

Creation Date

1893-11-06

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Walter Hines Page

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.”

Collection

Harvard College Library

Creation Date

1901-11-27

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Letter from Douglas Robinson to William Loeb

Douglas Robinson writes to William Loeb in receipt of checks for the amount of $10,000 intended for President Roosevelt’s principal account.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-10-21

Creator(s)

Robinson, Douglas, 1855-1918

Letter from Douglas Robinson to George B. Cortelyou

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.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1902-12-02

Creator(s)

Robinson, Douglas, 1855-1918

Letter from Albert Gleaves to George B. Cortelyou

Albert Gleaves encloses a paymaster’s check for the balance due to President Roosevelt.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1902-11-10

Creator(s)

Gleaves, Albert, 1858-1937

Letter from John Nelson Partridge to Theodore Roosevelt

Commissioner Partridge forwards a $300 check from 1896 that needs to be endorsed by President Roosevelt due to his former capacity as President of the Board of Police. The money is from James Stokes and is to be used to establish a library for the 19th Precinct.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1902-08-11

Creator(s)

Partridge, John Nelson, 1838-1920

Letter from Frank C. Smith to William Loeb

Frank C. Smith needs to receive President Roosevelt’s check regarding the Central & South American Telegraph Company’s dividend.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1901-10-19

Creator(s)

Smith, Frank C.