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 […]
Read MoreLetter from Calvin Coolidge to his Father
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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 […]
Read MoreLetter from Frank Stearns to Calvin Coolidge
June 18, 2024
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 […]
Read MoreTelegram 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 […]
Read MoreLetter from Grace Coolidge to John Coolidge
June 18, 2024
Date: Undated, 1926 Context: Grace writes John during the spring semester of his sophomore year at Amherst. She starts by telling John she has sent along a letter from Dr. […]
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