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| Lot # 108 GRACE COOLIDGE - FREE FRANK SIGNED 10/18/1934 - Document 80672 |
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GRACE COOLIDGE
President's widow sends a letter four months after receiving the franking
privilege.
Envelope franked: "Grace Coolidge", 6½x3½. Addressed by her to:
"Mr. Howard C. Beck,/825 Woodward Bldg./Washington,/DC". Postmarked
Northampton, Mass., October 18, 1934. Former President Calvin Coolidge was
60 when he died in Northampton on January 5, 1933. His widow, Grace, was
granted the franking privilege, free use of the mails for life, by a special act
of Congress on June 16, 1934. The Former Presidents Act of 1958 formalized
the granting of the franking privilege to former Presidents and their widows.
Grace Anna Goodhue Coolidge died in Northampton at the age of 78 in 1957. The
Woodward Building at 1426 H Street, NW (733 15th Street) was designed by the
Washington firm of Harding and Upman in 1911. It is two blocks from the
White House. Creased, lightly soiled. Overall, fine
condition.
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