Letter from Calvin Coolidge to his Father

June 19, 2024

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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Letter from Calvin Coolidge to his Father

June 19, 2024

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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Telegram about Calvin Jr.’s Illness

June 18, 2024

Date: July 5, 1924 Context: Stickney was from Plymouth, Vermont and an old friend of Coolidge’s father, John. Stickney served as governor of Vermont from 1900-1902 and, as he appointed […]

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Letter from Calvin Coolidge to his Father

June 18, 2024

Date: September 10, 1920 Context: According to the Boston Post, the Coolidges received a Belgian police dog from Arthur Wellman of Topsfield on the occasion of Calvin and Grace’s 15th […]

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Letter from Calvin Coolidge to his Father

June 18, 2024

Date: April 3, 1921 Context: Calvin comments here on his father’s upcoming trip to Northampton to deal with John’s and Calvin, Jr.’s academic issues. With Grace and Calvin in Washington, […]

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