Lot 44
Coolidge, Calvin - TLS on White House Letterhead Mentioning "the new South" (1872-1933) 30th President of the United States (1923-29). Typed letter signed "Calvin Coolidge" as President, one page, on White House letterhead, Washington, May 27, 1925. To Charles G. Washburn (1857-1928), a former U.S. representative from Worcester, Mass. "Thank you very much for your letter of the 25th regarding the Mecklenburg Sesquicentennial. I am glad that your appointment on the Commission afforded you an opportunity to see not only an interesting ceremony, but also a striking demonstration of the growth of the new South, both materially and in the matter of public opinion." Fine. Large signature made with a fine-nibbed pen.
The Mecklenburg Declaration was a document supposedly signed on May 20, 1775, at Charlotte, North Carolina, by a committee of citizens of Mecklenburg County, declaring independence from Great Britain after they heard about the battle of Lexington. If true, the declaration would precede the United States Declaration of Independence by more than a year, but the authenticity of the Mecklenburg Declaration has been contested since it was first published in 1819 in the Raleigh Register. Estimate Value $300 - 500
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