Note regarding the Treasury Department
Note calculating the amounts owed by the Treasury Department.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1905
Your TR Source
United States. Dept. of the Treasury
Letter form Augustus Saint-Gaudens to Leslie M. Shaw
Augustus Saint-Gaudens, sculptor, writes to Leslie M. Shaw, Secretary of the Treasury, regarding coin design and various relief levels.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1906-01-02
Letter from Robert J. Tracewell to Leslie M. Shaw
Robert J. Tracewell, comptroller, writes to Secretary of the Treasury Shaw regarding the request for funds to enforce a yellow fever quarantine in Arkansas.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1905-12-26
Letter from Hamilton Fish II to Theodore Roosevelt
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.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1903-11-17
Letter from Elihu Root to H. Mortimer Durand
Secretary of State Root encloses a letter he sent to the Treasury regarding the Newfoundland fishery.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1905-11-01
Letter from Serena Elisha Payne to Charles Henry Grosvenor
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.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1905-10-21
Letter from Joseph Gurney Cannon to Sereno Elisha Payne
Representative Cannon discusses the use of bonds as funding for the Panama Canal.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1905-10-24
Letter from John Dalzell to Sereno Elisha Payne
John Dalzell discusses using bonds to pay for the construction of the Panama Canal.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1905-10-24
Letter from Charles Henry Grosvenor to Sereno Elisha Payne
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.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1905-10-24
Letter from William Barret Ridgely to Theodore Roosevelt
William Barret Ridgely attests to the character of Charles A. Hanna and hopes to refute negative reports about him.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1905-10-09
Letter from Edward Ridgely to William Barret Ridgely
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.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1905-10-11
Report from the Committee on Departmental Methods to Theodore Roosevelt
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.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1905-08-04
Copy of letter of the directors of the Chicago National Bank
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.)
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1905-07-12
Letter from Charles William Anderson to William Loeb
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.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1905-05-18
Letter from Edward Robinson to Henry Cabot Lodge
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.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1904-10-11
Letter from Henry Cabot Lodge to Theodore Roosevelt
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.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1904-10-12
Letter from William H. Taft to Theodore Roosevelt
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.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1904-09-20
Telegram from Paul Morton to Theodore Roosevelt
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.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1904-09-13
Letter from Leslie M. Shaw to Theodore Roosevelt
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.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1904-08-03
Letter from Leslie M. Shaw to Theodore Roosevelt
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.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1904-06-03