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

President Roosevelt plans to send a message to Congress recommending the rebuilding of public buildings in San Francisco belonging to the Post Office, Treasury, and War Departments, and asks Secretary of War Taft to prepare figures for him detailing the costs associated with repairing buildings belonging to the Department of War in San Francisco, as well as those damaged in Sacramento, San Jose, and Oakland.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-04-23

President Roosevelt informs James D. Phelan that the Finance Committee can use the United States Mint at San Francisco as a depository for relief funds until the subtreasury opens, and thereafter can use the subtreasury until the banks open. He asks Phelan to consult Superintendent Frank Aleamon Leach of the San Francisco Mint regarding detailed arrangements. Secretary of the Treasury Leslie M. Shaw will wire instructions to Leach and Assistant Treasurer Julius Jacobs. Secretary of War William H. Taft has been given authority to disperse congressional appropriations.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-04-24

President Roosevelt regretfully informs Senator Lodge that Attorney General William H. Moody and Secretary of the Treasury Leslie M. Shaw believe that the suit regarding “that Ross pulp wood matter” should not be discontinued, even though it is unlikely to be successful.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-01-09

President Roosevelt clarifies for Nicholas Murray Butler what he meant when he wrote him regarding Jacob H. Schiff’s recent speech about the currency question. Schiff was correct about the danger, but he did more harm than good with his speech by criticizing the remedy suggested by Treasury Secretary Leslie M. Shaw, making it harder for any action to be taken.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-01-12

President Roosevelt tells Augustus Saint-Gaudens that he has told Secretary of the Treasury Leslie M. Shaw that the coinage is his “pet baby,” and that Saint-Gaudens should go ahead making the design. Although Shaw thinks that Roosevelt is “a mere crack-brained lunatic” about the matter, he says that a certain number of gold coins have to be stored in vaults, and there is no object to having them be artistically designed.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-01-06

President Roosevelt regrets to inform Emerson Hough that after two investigations and reports from Secretary of the Treasury Leslie M. Shaw, he cannot reappoint Pat F. Garrett as collector of customs in El Paso. Garrett is a personal favorite of Roosevelt’s and he would like to keep him on, but he cannot do so without compromising his ability to remove inefficient men from other positions around the country.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-12-22

President Roosevelt informs Emerson Hough that Secretary of the Treasury Leslie M. Shaw strongly opposes his friend Pat F. Garrett’s reappointment as collector of customs in El Paso. On-the-ground reports show that Garret is inefficient, away from the office a lot of the time, has bad habits, and is in debt. Roosevelt has heard complaints about him from respectable citizens in Texas and New Mexico, and will call for an investigation on Garrett’s conduct to determine whether he should be reappointed.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-12-16

Following multiple reports of fraud, nepotism, and misconduct which he has not taken actions to correct, President Roosevelt informs William S. Leib that he is hereby removed from his position as Assistant Treasurer of the United States.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-11-27

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-11-18

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Recipient

Allison, John, 1845-1920

President Roosevelt’s message is already in print, and he cannot add something as important as William Emlen Roosevelt’s suggestion without “full and careful discussion” with others. However, he will go over the matter with Secretary of the Treasury Leslie M. Shaw. Edith Roosevelt is “rather worried” about Emlen Roosevelt’s cough. In a postscript, Roosevelt tells his cousin that Shaw thinks that he is not only “all right,” but entitled under the law.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-11-18

President Roosevelt informs Secretary of the Interior Hitchcock that Secretary of the Treasury Leslie M. Shaw requests that Asmus Boysen be allowed to inspect the land where he pleases. The government can contest his right to select land outside of his lease when he files his selection.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-10-21

President Roosevelt has written to Senator Allison, Senator Nelson W. Aldrich, Secretary of the Treasury Leslie M. Shaw, Speaker of the House Joseph Gurney Cannon, and Representative John Dalzell about the possibility of tariff negotiations with Germany taking place in Berlin. Roosevelt has decided to have Ambassador Charlemagne Tower take up the matter. He asks Allison to write a full set of instructions for Tower as soon as possible.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-09-27

President Roosevelt is “very anxious to answer Germany at once,” and asks Rhode Island Senator Aldrich if it is possible to send representatives to see if they can reach a compromise. 

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-09-15

President Roosevelt asks Speaker of the House Cannon for suggestions of who to send over to negotiate a new tariff agreement between the United States and Germany.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-09-18

President Roosevelt asks Representative Payne for suggestions of who to send over to negotiate a new tariff agreement between the United States and Germany. 

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-09-18

After not hearing from Pennsylvania Senator Penrose for a week, President Roosevelt informs him that he has asked for William S. Leib’s resignation. Roosevelt plans to give Penrose and Representative George R. Patterson a chance to attend a hearing and provide evidence in support of Leib but warns that he does not believe they will be able to “upset the evidence.”

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-09-13

After the findings of a report by the Civil Service Commission, President Roosevelt tells Senator Knox that William S. Leib, sub-treasurer for Pennsylvania, must resign. Leib has violated civil service laws by hiring too many temporary employees, giving positions to relatives, and improperly helping applicants with examinations.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-09-05

After the findings of a report by the Civil Service Commission, President Roosevelt tells Senator Penrose that William S. Leib, sub-treasurer for Pennsylvania, must resign. Leib has violated civil service laws by hiring too many temporary employees, giving positions to relatives, and improperly helping applicants with examinations.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-09-05

President Roosevelt will ask that John William Burgess be appointed if possible. He tells New York Senator Platt that he has already instructed the post office to reappoint Mrs. Simpson and takes her reappointment as a “matter of course.”

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-09-06

President Roosevelt sends Senator Aldrich some pieces of correspondence from German Ambassador Hermann Speck von Sternburg and Secretary of the Treasury Leslie M. Shaw. He asks for Aldrich’s views on the matter, and, if possible, to get the views of Senator William B. Allison as well. Roosevelt wonders if it would be possible to do as the Germans suggest and send a representative to negotiate with them in November.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-08-31