United States. Dept. of the Treasury

Civil Service Commissioner Roosevelt writes to President Harrison in support of Frederick W. Kruse as a candidate for Solicitor of the Treasury.

Collection

Harvard College Library

Creation Date

1889-03-23

President Roosevelt addresses three issues with Treasury Secretary Cortelyou. Roosevelt asks if it is necessary to appoint civil servants to the Assay Office without examination; registers his concern regarding the construction company Woodbury & Leighton in the matter of a new courthouse in Portland, Maine; and asks if laborers in the auction house in New York can be given a raise. He invites Cortelyou to join him for lunch to talk these matters over.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-08-14

President Roosevelt has telegraphed Cecil Andrew Lyon about District Attorney William Hawley Atwell. In the matter of John W. Vann, Roosevelt has directed Treasury Secretary George B. Cortelyou to appoint an independent investigator and will send the results before making a decision.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-08-10

President Roosevelt authorizes Secretary of the Treasury Cortelyou to sell vessels of the United States Revenue Cutter Service that are deemed unfit for further service.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-09-27

President Roosevelt has received Thomas L. Elder’s letter and resolutions, and will call for a report from Secretary of the Treasury George B. Cortelyou. Roosevelt informs Elder that new coinage is being designed by Augustus Saint-Gaudens, an American artist of exceptional ability.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-08-01

President Roosevelt returns two sample coins to Secretary of the Treasury Cortelyou. He discusses the merits of smooth finishing, sharp cuts, and the height of the eagle in relation to the rim.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-07-29

President Roosevelt authorizes Acting Secretary of the Interior Woodruff to confer with the Departments of Justice and Treasury to see if it would be advisable to permit coal mining operations to continue pending the settlement of a lawsuit regarding royalties per ton of coal.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-07-19

President Roosevelt tells Postmaster General Cortelyou he has become uncomfortable with William Barret Ridgely due to the “Walsh matter.” He would like Cortelyou to determine if Ridgely should be retained when Cortelyou becomes Secretary of Treasury.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-01-19

Leslie M. Shaw gives his resignation as Secretary of the Treasury.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-03-01

George M. Cortelyou tenders his resignation as Postmaster General to President Roosevelt in order to accept the appointment of Secretary of the Treasury.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-03-02

George B. Cortelyou has President Roosevelt’s letter of the 19th about the Comptrollership of the Currency, and will give personal attention to that office as soon as he assumes his new duties as Secretary of the Treasury.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-01-21

The Department of the Treasury announces several changes to Sec. 5153 of the Revised Statutes regarding loans and collections from custom houses.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-02-11

A list of all men of color appointed to or continued in office by President Roosevelt, complete with the office and date.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-01

Secret Service Chief John Wilkie encloses the memorandum from the investigating agent about Mrs. Grover.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-01-02

Senator Lodge tells President Roosevelt about the establishment of a big German coaling station in St. Thomas, which indicates that German Emperor William II is “still hankering after those islands.” Lodge recommends quickly buying Greenland. In addition, Lodge recommends replacing Secretary of the Treasury Leslie M. Shaw, and disagrees with Shaw’s plan for issuing bonds. Lodge comments on various prominent events happening in the United States and the world and explains he is enjoying his time in “this old Italian town,” but is beginning to long for home. He wants to be near Roosevelt and not have to watch from a distance.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-06-10

William Emlen Roosevelt gives President Roosevelt his advice on selecting a new Secretary of the Treasury. He tells the president that jealousy among businessmen might undermine their impartiality when offering advice.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-11-14

Representative Hill responds to President Roosevelt’s questions on laws governing currency. Hill is very concerned about fiat money. Hill is a proponent of a bill, presently in committee, that will move the United States back to the gold standard.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-11-14

President Roosevelt and Secretary of the Treasury George B. Cortelyou hold a “U.S. Treasury” pipe that is sending bonds and notes swirling around to large crowds of people.

comments and context

Comments and Context

William K. Starrett’s cartoon properly depicts the role of Treasury Secretary George B. Cortelyou in creatively addressing the crisis precipitated by the Panic of 1907 then sweeping Wall Street (and, in fact, money markets across the world). He and President Roosevelt approved the deposit of 25-million dollars into various banks; and that act is pictured by Starrett.

President Roosevelt rides a Republican elephant that digs into the “U.S. Treasury” while Uncle Sam watches in horror. They are outside the United States Capitol building.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-07-05

President Roosevelt carries several bear carcasses on his back as he walks up to the White House gates. A “treasury deficit” elephant greets him and says, “I, too, have been busy.”

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-05-11