PRESIDENT CALVIN COOLIDGE AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED (ALS) AUTHENTIC

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U.S. PRESIDENT CALVIN COOLIDGE
AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED (ALS)
FROM 1931
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ALS, one onionskin page, 8 x 10.25, August 12, 1931. Letter to Dr. Lyman Abbott. In full: “I have just learned of your illness and am leaving this note for your secretary to send to you telling you of my sympathy and hope for speedy recovery.” In fine condition, with intersecting folds, one through a single letter of signature, and some scattered light creases. Pre-certified John Reznikoff/PSA/DNA and RR Auction COA.
John Calvin Coolidge Jr.
(
/
ˈ
k
uː
l
ɪ
dʒ
/
; July 4, 1872 – January 5, 1933) was the
30th President of the United States
(1923–29). A
Republican
lawyer from
Vermont
, Coolidge worked his way up the ladder of
Massachusetts
state
politics
, eventually becoming
governor
of that state. His response to the
Boston Police Strike
of 1919 thrust him into the national spotlight and gave him a reputation as a man of decisive action. Soon after, he was elected as the
29th vice president
in 1920 and succeeded to the
presidency
upon the sudden death of
Warren G. Harding
in 1923. Elected in his own right in
1924
, he gained a reputation as a
small-government
conservative
, and also as a man who said very little, although having a rather dry sense of humor.
Coolidge restored public confidence in the
White House
after the
scandals
of his predecessor's administration, and left office with considerable popularity.
[1]
As a Coolidge biographer wrote, "He embodied the spirit and hopes of the
middle class
, could interpret their longings and express their opinions. That he did represent the genius of the average is the most convincing proof of his strength."
[2]
Coolidge's retirement was relatively short, as he died at the age of 60 in January 1933, less than two months before his immediate successor,
Herbert Hoover
, left office.
Although his reputation underwent a renaissance during the
Reagan administration
,
modern assessments of Coolidge's presidency
are divided. He is adulated among advocates of smaller government and
laissez-faire
; supporters of an active central government generally view him less favorably, while both sides praise his stalwart support of racial equality.
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