Letter from Woodrow Wilson to Calvin Coolidge

Date: June 14, 1922

Location: Washington, D.C.

(Original document available here)


My dear Mr. Vice President,

Someone the other day had the kindness to call my attention to a recent speech of yours in which there occurs what seems to me a very public spirited and open minded reference to the League of Nations. It is on account of that passage in the speech that I give myself the privilege of wishing to pay to you my tribute of respect and admiration for your independence and courage and predilection for what is right and for the general benefit. 

I remember with the greatest gratification your public endorsement of the work of the Versailles Conference on the occasion of my very generous reception in Boston when I paid a visit home during an interval in the sessions at Paris. 

I beg, my dear Mr. Vice President, that you will accept this as the simple and unaffected tribute it is intended to be from 

Yours Most Sincerely, 

Woodrow Wilson


Citation: Vermont Historical Society

The Coolidge Foundation gratefully acknowledges Craig Eyermann, who prepared this document for digital publication

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