June 19, 2024
Date: November 18, 1924 Context: Ever the academic disciplinarian, Coolidge advises his son John to study harder in college, particularly in French. John had just enrolled at Amherst, Coolidge’s alma […]
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Date: December 22, 1925 Context: Colonel Coolidge was still suffering from his “heart block” and was being cared for by his nurse, May Johnson. Coolidge goes on to comment on […]
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Date: January 9, 1926 Context: Coolidge writes in this letter that he is “going on the boat… I feel it rests me.” He is referring to the presidential yacht USS […]
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Date: January 2, 1924 Context: He comments on “Dallas’ girl Marian” staying with them for the holidays. Dallas Pollard was Coolidge’s cousin. Dallas’s daughter Marian was about 25 years old […]
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Date: August 8, 1927 Context: Stearns comments on Coolidge’s decision not to run for President in 1928. On August 2, while on vacation in South Dakota, Coolidge called an impromptu […]
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