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President Roosevelt would like to meet with Secretary of the Treasury Shaw as soon as possible about his department.
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1904-09-27
President Roosevelt directs Secretary of the Treasury Shaw to speak with Representative Glass about the St. Louis Exposition. Roosevelt wants the Treasury Department and the Government Board to work together to avoid scandal.
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1904-06-29
President Roosevelt outlines his accomplishments while in office for Elihu Root’s address to the Republican National Convention. Roosevelt highlights his international relations with China, Venezuela, Cuba, Mexico, and the Philippines; discusses all acts and legislation associated with Alaska; highlights the establishment of the Department of Commerce and Labor as well as the United States Treasury reform; and touches on the civil rights and laws for the Indian populations of North America.
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1904-06-02
President Roosevelt will not reinstate Converse J. Smith to his position in the Department of the Treasury, especially now that Senator Proctor has threatened to publish a letter written by Secretary of the Treasury Leslie M. Shaw which casts Shaw in a negative light if Smith is not reinstated. Smith was thoroughly investigated and found to be “inefficient.” Shaw has no recollection of writing the letter Proctor threatens to publish, and Roosevelt requests that Proctor present the original letter and any other evidence against Shaw.
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1904-04-26
The telegram shares the results of a phone call between James Burton Reynolds, Assistant Secretary of the Treasury, and the “New York office,” presumably of the United States Revenue Cutter Service. Regulations do not allow women to land on revenue cutters and requests to that effect have always been refused.
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1906-08
President Roosevelt trusts Secretary Shaw’s judgment in financial matters and is reluctant to interfere in the Treasury Department. Shaw’s arguments regarding the Philippine bonds case are suitable from a financial prospective but Roosevelt but general administrative policy must be of prime importance.
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1903-12-24
Hamilton Fish is instructed to consult the collector and determine whether the figures should be given out by Colonel Dunn or Luther Little. Every effort should be made to release the figures as soon as possible.
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1903-11-05
President Roosevelt has written to Secretary of the Treasury Leslie M. Shaw regarding Donaldson being detailed as Everett Pepperrell Wheeler desires and would like to lunch with Wheeler if he is ever in Washington, D.C.
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1903-10-17
President Roosevelt requests a report on a policy used in the Treasury Department.
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1903-10-08
Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt has a high opinion of R. A. Sands’s photograph and has suggested that it may be used as a model for the Treasury Department to copy. President Roosevelt would like Sands to send the photograph and he will have the Treasury people look over it.
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1903-10-05
Mr. Eustis cannot receive an appointment until Mr. Hay has been placed. President Roosevelt asks if Mr. Hay will accept the General Appraisership.
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1903-09-12
President Roosevelt encloses a letter from Lucius Tuttle that was forwarded by Senator Lodge. Roosevelt supports Tuttle’s request and would like Secretary of the Treasury Shaw to give the matter his personal attention.
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1903-06-29
President Roosevelt instructs Secretary of the Treasury Shaw on several appointments.
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1903-06-24
Mr. Seckendorff estimates the worth of the Hall of Records building site as less than $200,000 and wants the purchase held up. President Roosevelt would like to go over the matter before a final decision is made.
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1903-06-16
President Roosevelt has heard some ugly stories about the Collector of Puerto Rico and asks what Assistant Secretary of the Treasury Armstrong knows about him.
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1903-06-19
Since President Roosevelt will be away when Assistant Secretary of the Treasury Ailes’s formal resignation will be submitted, Roosevelt accepts the letter of resignation in advance.
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1903-03-30
William Plimley is a candidate for an appointment as Assistant Treasurer at New York, and President Roosevelt would like Secretary of the Treasury Shaw to investigate the allegations against Plimley.
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1903-03-16
President Roosevelt requests Secretary of the Treasury Shaw’s views on the enclosed letter from Burnham.
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1902-11-06
President Roosevelt would like to know if Senator Spooner would approve of replacing Mr. Taylor with Richard T. Ely as Third Assistant Secretary of the Treasury Department.
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1902-08-21
President Roosevelt has received Seth Low’s letter and will bring the matter to Secretary Shaw’s attention.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-07-23