Lot 4334
Coolidge, Grace. Autograph Letter Signed, on black-bordered stationery, March 3, 1933, n.p., 4 pages, octavo. Written two months after the death of President Coolidge and the day before Franklin D. Roosevelt's inauguration, to Irwin "Ike" Hoover, Head Usher of the White House. In part: "Mrs. Hills has come from Washington with the word that you had not heard from me since you wrote after Mr. Coolidge's death….There were many letters going out from here and anythingmay have happened to it. I recall writing my name in the upper left-hand corner and the names Hoover and Coolidge appearing upon the same envelope may have been too great a temptation to some collecting minded person…Mrs. Hill…said that you had no intimation of your place in the W.H. after March 4th. My reply was that it wasn't necessary - no-body would think of running that place without you….Mr. Coolidge often spoke of you with appreciation and regard…." Minor soiling to last page, else fine. An excellent letter.
Estimated Value $400 - 600.
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