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Augustus Saint-Gaudens, sculptor, writes to Leslie M. Shaw, Secretary of the Treasury, regarding coin design and various relief levels.
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1906-01-02
Robert J. Tracewell, comptroller, writes to Secretary of the Treasury Shaw regarding the request for funds to enforce a yellow fever quarantine in Arkansas.
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1905-12-26
Hamilton Fish II forwards to President Roosevelt a letter from Luther B. Little stating that “full returns have not yet been received.” Fish wonders if Roosevelt has made any progress with General John Henry Ketcham. Fish also comments on the future influence of Governor Benjamin B. Odell. He does not attach any importance to recent newspaper accounts that Odell will opt for reelection.
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1903-11-17
Secretary of State Root encloses a letter he sent to the Treasury regarding the Newfoundland fishery.
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1905-11-01
Representative Payne relays his conversations with Secretary Shaw and President Roosevelt with regard to the funding of the Panama Canal through bonds and asks General Grosvenor’s opinion on the matter.
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1905-10-21
Representative Cannon discusses the use of bonds as funding for the Panama Canal.
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1905-10-24
John Dalzell discusses using bonds to pay for the construction of the Panama Canal.
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1905-10-24
Representative Grosvenor discusses the use of bonds to pay for the construction of the Panama Canal and believes it can be paid for thus far out of the United States Department of Treasury’s surplus.
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1905-10-24
William Barret Ridgely attests to the character of Charles A. Hanna and hopes to refute negative reports about him.
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1905-10-09
Edward Ridgely details his past cases as a bank examiner and asks that directors of banks in his district be asked if his examinations are fair and thorough. If there are serious objections to his work, he will resign.
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1905-10-11
This is a detailed report of the investigation into the corrupt sale of the typesetting machines in the Governmental Printing Office. It includes testimonies, court transcripts, and the committee’s conclusions.
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1905-08-04
The directors of the Chicago National Bank report to Comptroller of the Currency, William Barret Ridgely, on the status of several of their outstanding loans and bond purchases, mostly concentrated in railroads and mining. (The bank would fail in December of that year.)
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1905-07-12
Charles William Anderson acknowledges William Loeb’s request relative to Colonel John Nugent. He asks Loeb to send a note to Internal Revenue Commissioner John Watson Yerkes, requesting two additional places in the office of Collector of Internal Revenue. Anderson, who is “colored,” has recently been appointed by President Roosevelt to Collector of Internal Revenue and wants to add one man whom “the circles of high initiation” want placed and another man to represent the colored voters without displacing any of the present officers.
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1905-05-18
Edward Robinson, director of The Boston Museum, asks Senator Lodge to look into a recent change in the Treasury Department’s new amendment that would levy a new tax on art.
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1904-10-11
Senator Lodge opposes a tax on the frames of painting that are imported for museum collections. The Massachusetts State Convention was very successful and Lodge expects a large majority for President Roosevelt in the election. He has several upcoming speeches including one in Roosevelt’s district.
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1904-10-12
Secretary of War Taft reports to President Roosevelt on his campaign activities, asks Roosevelt to review an article for The Churchman, and forwards a report on the progress of the Panama Canal. In preparation for a speech, Taft requests a meeting with the head of the Treasury Department to review government expenditures and also expresses his desire to review Judge Parker’s Democratic nomination acceptance letter. Finally, Taft forwards a letter from Cardinal Merry del Val and asks Roosevelt’s opinion on whether he should respond.
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1904-09-20
Secretary of the Navy Morton unsuccessfully tried to telephone William Loeb regarding confusing as to which government department should handle the situation with the Russian cruiser Lena, which is docked at San Francisco. Morton suggests to President Roosevelt that if he deems it proper for the Navy Department to handle it, that the State Department, Department of Commerce and Labor, and Treasury Department be notified.
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1904-09-13
Secretary of the Treasury Shaw reports that during the last session of Congress, Senator Nelson W. Aldrich argued that the secretary of the treasury has the authority to purchase silver for subsidiary coinage. Shaw discusses the merit of this claim. He believes this issue is not related to the purchase of silver for coinage into standard dollars. Unlike Ebenezer J. Hill, Shaw does not think the subject should be made an issue in the campaign.
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1904-08-03
Secretary of the Treasury Shaw wrote to President Roosevelt to correct a misunderstanding about the relationship with the United State government and two fiscal agencies: J. W. Seligman & Company and Brown Brothers & Company. Shaw also thanked Roosevelt for the wonderful dinner at the White House with the president and his family.
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1904-06-03
List of United States government agencies and what they have spent on advertising in the New York Sun.
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1904-05