PRESIDENT CALVIN COOLIDGE - AUTOGRAPH NOTE SIGNED 9/5 - HFSID 33033

CALVIN COOLIDGE
Writing from Chicago's Blackstone Hotel, site of the famous "smoke-filled room" made famous in 1920, he signs a lengthy autograph note on family matters, adding "Shall reach Northampton next Sunday so as to vote in primary."
Lengthy Autograph Note Signed: "CC" in pencil, 2 pages, 6x9½, separate sheets. Two sheets of pictorial stationery of The Blackstone, Chicago, no year, September 5. No addressee or greeting. In full: "Here is check for income tax [not present] You indorse it to proper party and be sure and send this check to Boston. Shall reach Northampton next Sunday so as to vote in primary. I will list of my engagements there addressed to Mrs. C 21 Massasoit St./Boys will go to M(illegible) Sept 12 or 13 so prepare to send this to M. with Cal." On October 4, 1905, Calvin Coolidge and Grace Goodhue were married in Burlington, Vermont. In August 1906, Coolidge rented half of the double house at 21 Massasoit Street in Northampton, Massachusetts. On September 7, 1906, the Coolidges' first son, John (1906-2000), was born at home. On April 13, 1908, Calvin ("Cal") Coolidge, Jr. (1908-1924) was born; he died in 1924 of blood poisoning resulting from a blister on his foot. The Coolidges later bought the duplex. They returned to 21 Massasoit Street after leaving the White House in 1929, moving to The Beeches on Hampton Terrace in Northampton on May 17, 1930. Coincidentally, it was at The Blackstone in Chicago, on June 12, 1920, in a smoke-filled room, that a group of U.S. Senators and Republican Party leaders met and selected Ohio Senator Warren G. Harding as their presidential candidate. Massachusetts Governor Coolidge was then nominated for Vice President. Lightly creased and soiled. Fine condition.