Date: October 31, 1918
Context: Coolidge comments on the campaign’s progress and mentions that the “epidemic seems to be on the wane.” The “epidemic” is the second wave of the 1918 influenza pandemic. While infections caused by the first wave in the spring of 1918 were generally mild, by August 1918 a more serious strain had come to Boston.
My dear Father:
I think you did remarkably well in raising so much money in Plymouth. It must have taken a good deal of work.
It is my judgment that the campaign is going all right. Of course all elections are uncertain. I feel rather more certain about this one than any in which I have been engaged,- but as I have said before, whether I should happen to be chosen Governor or not the people of Massachusetts have already shown a good deal of appreciation for me.
The school has not begun at Northampton but the epidemic seems to be on the wane.
Your son,
Calvin Coolidge
Citation: Vermont Historical Society
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