May 27, 2021
Title: Statement on Street Railway Legislation Date: December 13, 1919 Location: Boston, MA Context: Coolidge proposes ‘modest remedies’ to the issue of lacking a public subway system so that tax-payers are not too […]
Read MoreTags: General Court, Public transit systems, street railroad, Street Railway Commission, transit financing, transportation
April 23, 2021
Purpose: Designation of a Parcel of Land in Hawaii for a Lighthouse Date: July 24, 1926 (Original document available here) WHEREAS, by joint resolution “to provide for annexing the Hawaiian Islands to […]
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Purpose: Proclamation Naming the Director General of the Railroads Date: December 14, 1925 (Original document available here) Whereas by Proclamation dated August 13, 1923, James C. Davis, Director General of Railroads, was […]
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Date: February 16, 1930 Location: Northampton, MA (Original document available here) No one would be rash enough to try to estimate the probabilities of future world trade. But it is […]
Read MoreTags: Canada, China, Communication, foreign trade, Japan, Philippine Islands, Standard of living, transportation, World Trade
September 17, 2020
Title: Address of President Coolidge Before the Third Pan American Commercial Conference Date: May 3, 1927 Location: Washington, D.C. Context: Coolidge delivers a welcoming address to the Third Pan American […]
Read MoreTags: balance of trade, International Trade, Mail, Pan-American Union, private industry, transportation