{"product_id":"first-lady-grace-coolidge-corrects-story-on-calvin-unique-signed-letter-psa","title":"First Lady Grace Coolidge Corrects Story on Calvin! Unique Signed Letter. PSA","description":"\u003cp data-start=\"43\" data-end=\"184\" class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchorContainer\" style=\"caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; text-decoration-thickness: auto; text-decoration-style: solid;\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"43\" data-end=\"53\"\u003eTitle:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr data-start=\"53\" data-end=\"56\"\u003eGrace Coolidge 1956 Typed Letter Signed - First Lady Corrects the Story of Calvin Coolidge as a \"Whittler\" - PSA Authenticated\u003cspan aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchor\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp data-start=\"186\" data-end=\"681\" style=\"caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; text-decoration-thickness: auto; text-decoration-style: solid;\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"186\" data-end=\"202\"\u003eDescription:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr data-start=\"202\" data-end=\"205\"\u003eA charming and unusually revealing\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"240\" data-end=\"305\"\u003eTyped Letter Signed (TLS) by former First Lady Grace Coolidge\u003c\/strong\u003e, dated\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"313\" data-end=\"333\"\u003eJanuary 23, 1956\u003c\/strong\u003e, discussing one of the homespun stories that had become associated with her husband, President Calvin Coolidge. Written more than two decades after his death, Grace firmly explains that Coolidge was\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"533\" data-end=\"563\"\u003enot an \"artistic whittler\"\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eand recounts how an apparently offhand remark to a newspaper reporter resulted in people sending him numerous knives.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp data-start=\"683\" data-end=\"754\" style=\"caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; text-decoration-thickness: auto; text-decoration-style: solid;\"\u003eThe letter is typed on Grace Coolidge's personalized stationery headed:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp data-start=\"756\" data-end=\"813\" style=\"caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; text-decoration-thickness: auto; text-decoration-style: solid;\"\u003e\"Mrs. Coolidge Road Forks Northampton, Massachusetts\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp data-start=\"815\" data-end=\"902\" style=\"caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; text-decoration-thickness: auto; text-decoration-style: solid;\"\u003eIt is addressed to\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"834\" data-end=\"882\"\u003eMr. Francis Raymond of Hudson, Massachusetts\u003c\/strong\u003e, and reads in full:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp data-start=\"904\" data-end=\"921\" style=\"caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; text-decoration-thickness: auto; text-decoration-style: solid;\"\u003e\"January 23, 1956\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp data-start=\"923\" data-end=\"968\" style=\"caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; text-decoration-thickness: auto; text-decoration-style: solid;\"\u003eMr. Francis Raymond,\u003cbr data-start=\"943\" data-end=\"946\"\u003eHudson, Massachusetts.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp data-start=\"970\" data-end=\"987\" style=\"caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; text-decoration-thickness: auto; text-decoration-style: solid;\"\u003eDear Mr. Raymond:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp data-start=\"989\" data-end=\"1336\" style=\"caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; text-decoration-thickness: auto; text-decoration-style: solid;\"\u003eMr. Coolidge was not an artistic whittler in any sense of the word. As a matter of fact I never saw him whittle. I believe that one of the newspaper reporters asked him what he planned to do when he retired from the Presidency. His answer was, 'Whittle.' After this story appeared in the papers he was the recipient of many knives of varied sorts.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp data-start=\"1338\" data-end=\"1354\" style=\"caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; text-decoration-thickness: auto; text-decoration-style: solid;\"\u003eSincerely yours,\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp data-start=\"1356\" data-end=\"1370\" style=\"caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; text-decoration-thickness: auto; text-decoration-style: solid;\"\u003eGrace Coolidge\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp data-start=\"1372\" data-end=\"1393\" style=\"caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; text-decoration-thickness: auto; text-decoration-style: solid;\"\u003eMrs. Calvin Coolidge\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp data-start=\"1395\" data-end=\"1508\" style=\"caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; text-decoration-thickness: auto; text-decoration-style: solid;\"\u003eGrace has signed\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"1412\" data-end=\"1432\"\u003e\"Grace Coolidge\"\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ein a large, elegant hand in blue ink immediately beneath the typed closing.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp data-start=\"1510\" data-end=\"1756\" style=\"caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; text-decoration-thickness: auto; text-decoration-style: solid;\"\u003eThe letter displays expected signs of age, including overall toning, original horizontal mailing folds, light creasing, and minor edge wear. The text remains clear and the blue-ink signature provides an attractive contrast against the aged paper.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp data-start=\"1758\" data-end=\"2038\" style=\"caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; text-decoration-thickness: auto; text-decoration-style: solid;\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"1758\" data-end=\"1781\"\u003eHistorical Context:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr data-start=\"1781\" data-end=\"1784\"\u003eThis letter is particularly appealing because Grace Coolidge is not simply acknowledging an admirer or offering a routine courtesy. Instead, she is acting as an eyewitness to her husband's private life and correcting a piece of popular Coolidge folklore.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp data-start=\"2040\" data-end=\"2412\" style=\"caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; text-decoration-thickness: auto; text-decoration-style: solid;\"\u003eCalvin Coolidge left the presidency on\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"2079\" data-end=\"2096\"\u003eMarch 4, 1929\u003c\/strong\u003e, having chosen not to seek another term. He and Grace returned to Northampton, Massachusetts, where the former president wrote his autobiography, produced a syndicated newspaper column, served in several business and civic capacities, and largely withdrew from active politics.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"contents\" data-content-reference-start=\"2375\" data-content-reference-end=\"2394\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\" data-state=\"closed\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp data-start=\"2414\" data-end=\"2787\" style=\"caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; text-decoration-thickness: auto; text-decoration-style: solid;\"\u003eThe public image of \"Silent Cal\" frequently emphasized his laconic speech, dry humor, thrift, rural Vermont origins, and apparent preference for simple pursuits. The anecdote Grace relates fits perfectly into that established image: when a reporter supposedly asked what he intended to do after leaving the White House, Coolidge answered with the single word\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"2773\" data-end=\"2787\"\u003e\"Whittle.\"\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp data-start=\"2789\" data-end=\"3209\" style=\"caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; text-decoration-thickness: auto; text-decoration-style: solid;\"\u003eGrace's letter, however, provides the important corrective. She states unequivocally that\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"2879\" data-end=\"2951\"\u003e\"Mr. Coolidge was not an artistic whittler in any sense of the word\"\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eand adds the particularly valuable firsthand observation,\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"3010\" data-end=\"3060\"\u003e\"As a matter of fact I never saw him whittle.\"\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eAccording to her account, publication of the story had an amusing consequence: admirers began sending the former president knives \"of varied sorts.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp data-start=\"3211\" data-end=\"3535\" style=\"caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; text-decoration-thickness: auto; text-decoration-style: solid;\"\u003eThat makes the letter an engaging example of a historical figure addressing the difference between\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"3310\" data-end=\"3346\"\u003epublic image and private reality\u003c\/strong\u003e. Coolidge's reputation for brevity was genuine, but stories built around that reputation could take on lives of their own. Here, his widow personally explains how one such story developed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp data-start=\"3537\" data-end=\"4068\" style=\"caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; text-decoration-thickness: auto; text-decoration-style: solid;\"\u003eThe stationery itself adds another important connection to Grace Coolidge's later life. After Calvin Coolidge's sudden death in Northampton on\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"3680\" data-end=\"3699\"\u003eJanuary 5, 1933\u003c\/strong\u003e, Grace remained active in charitable and community affairs. She eventually sold the Coolidges' retirement estate, The Beeches, and built a new Northampton home called\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"3867\" data-end=\"3881\"\u003eRoad Forks\u003c\/strong\u003e, the name appearing prominently at the head of this letter. During World War II, she even made Road Forks available for use by members of the WAVES.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"contents\" data-content-reference-start=\"4013\" data-content-reference-end=\"4045\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\" data-state=\"closed\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp data-start=\"4070\" data-end=\"4540\" style=\"caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; text-decoration-thickness: auto; text-decoration-style: solid;\"\u003eGrace had been First Lady from\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"4101\" data-end=\"4117\"\u003e1923 to 1929\u003c\/strong\u003e, becoming mistress of the White House after Warren G. Harding's sudden death elevated Vice President Calvin Coolidge to the presidency. Her outgoing and personable manner famously contrasted with her husband's reserved temperament. The Coolidge Foundation notes that Grace herself described their marriage as bringing together two people of markedly different temperaments and tastes.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"contents\" data-content-reference-start=\"4480\" data-content-reference-end=\"4513\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\" data-state=\"closed\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp data-start=\"4542\" data-end=\"5064\" style=\"caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; text-decoration-thickness: auto; text-decoration-style: solid;\"\u003eThe date also gives the document additional poignancy. Grace wrote this letter in\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"4624\" data-end=\"4640\"\u003eJanuary 1956\u003c\/strong\u003e, during the final period of her life. Her health had begun to decline during the 1950s, although she continued working to preserve her husband's legacy. In 1956, she and their surviving son John gave the historic Coolidge family homestead in Plymouth Notch to the State of Vermont. Grace died in Northampton on\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"4952\" data-end=\"4968\"\u003eJuly 8, 1957\u003c\/strong\u003e, approximately eighteen months after signing this letter.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"contents\" data-content-reference-start=\"5000\" data-content-reference-end=\"5032\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\" data-state=\"closed\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp data-start=\"5066\" data-end=\"5354\" style=\"caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; text-decoration-thickness: auto; text-decoration-style: solid;\"\u003eAs such, this correspondence represents something more substantial than a First Lady autograph. It is a late-life reminiscence by Grace Coolidge concerning the personality and retirement of her presidential husband, written from the perspective of the person who knew him most intimately.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp data-start=\"5356\" data-end=\"5703\" style=\"caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; text-decoration-thickness: auto; text-decoration-style: solid;\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"5356\" data-end=\"5391\"\u003eAuthentication \u0026amp; Encapsulation:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr data-start=\"5391\" data-end=\"5394\"\u003eThe Grace Coolidge signature has been examined and certified authentic by\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"5468\" data-end=\"5499\"\u003ePSA Authentication Services\u003c\/strong\u003e. The accompanying\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"5518\" data-end=\"5548\"\u003ePSA Letter of Authenticity\u003c\/strong\u003e, dated\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"5556\" data-end=\"5575\"\u003eAugust 27, 2026\u003c\/strong\u003e, identifies the signer as\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"5602\" data-end=\"5620\"\u003eGrace Coolidge\u003c\/strong\u003e, describes the item as a\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"5646\" data-end=\"5656\"\u003eletter\u003c\/strong\u003e, and assigns it\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"5673\" data-end=\"5702\"\u003eCertification No. AR05711\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp data-start=\"5705\" data-end=\"6118\" style=\"caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; text-decoration-thickness: auto; text-decoration-style: solid;\"\u003ePSA states that the signature was evaluated using characteristics including slant, flow, pen pressure, letter size, and comparison with authentic exemplars. The Letter of Authenticity includes an image of the signed portion of the document and carries the corresponding PSA certification information. The letter is accompanied by its PSA authentication documentation and is not shown encapsulated in a PSA holder.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul data-start=\"6120\" data-end=\"6343\" style=\"caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; text-decoration-thickness: auto; text-decoration-style: solid;\"\u003e\u003cli data-section-id=\"p0x1fz\" data-start=\"6120\" data-end=\"6343\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong data-start=\"6122\" data-end=\"6164\"\u003eAdditional Documentation \u0026amp; Provenance:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem data-start=\"6165\" data-end=\"6341\"\u003eAt buyer's request, Historical Autographs Gallery will include an additional \"Historical Autographs Gallery Certificate\" signed by our company founder Luke Pascal at no cost.\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp data-start=\"6345\" data-end=\"7119\" style=\"caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; text-decoration-thickness: auto; text-decoration-style: solid;\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"6345\" data-end=\"6364\"\u003eClosing Appeal:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr data-start=\"6364\" data-end=\"6367\"\u003eAn exceptionally engaging\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"6393\" data-end=\"6453\"\u003eGrace Coolidge TLS with substantive presidential content\u003c\/strong\u003e, this 1956 letter offers a firsthand correction to a colorful story surrounding Calvin Coolidge's famously understated personality. Grace's emphatic declaration that she\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"6624\" data-end=\"6652\"\u003e\"never saw him whittle,\"\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003efollowed by her recollection that the published story caused admirers to send him numerous knives, gives the letter humor, personality, and genuine historical substance. Written on her\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"6838\" data-end=\"6852\"\u003eRoad Forks\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003epersonalized stationery near the end of her life and authenticated by PSA, it is an appealing artifact for collectors of First Ladies, presidential correspondence, Calvin Coolidge material, and intimate firsthand accounts of life surrounding the American presidency.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp data-start=\"7121\" data-end=\"7553\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\" style=\"caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; text-decoration-thickness: auto; text-decoration-style: solid;\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"7121\" data-end=\"7141\"\u003eShipping Notice:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr data-start=\"7141\" data-end=\"7144\"\u003e\u003cem data-start=\"7144\" data-end=\"7553\" data-is-last-node=\"\"\u003eFor insurance purposes, items sold over $600 may require signature confirmation upon delivery. 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