Date: January 12, 1914 Context: In this letter, President Seelye of Smith College praises Coolidge’s recent “Have Faith in Massachusetts” speech. Seelye, Smith’s first president and a former professor at […]

Date: October 29, 1915 Context: Coolidge also writes about the campaign in his Autobiography, “In the campaign for election I toured the state with Mr. McCall, making open-air speeches from […]

Date: October 29, 1920 Context: Thanks to a stampede on the floor of the 1920 Republican National Convention, Coolidge was nominated for the vice presidency, while Senator Warren Harding received […]

Date: December 5, 1921 Context: On the vice president’s stationery, Coolidge wordsmiths a headstone for the grave of Abigail Coolidge, his younger sister, who had passed away in 1890. The […]

Date: November 12, 1913 Context: In his Autobiography, Coolidge writes, “It had been my intention to retire at the end of my second term [in the Senate], but the President […]