TLS as vice president, two pages, 7 x 9, The Vice President’s Chamber letterhead, June 30, 1921. Letter to Francis Edward Clark. In part: “It had been my hope to be able to attend the Christian Endeavor Convention…I can think of no organization more likely to prove a permanent public benefit than the Christian Endeavor Society. These are days when we need to reinforce our ideals. We need to define and defend them day by day and strive without ceasing to make them the realities of every day life…Your organization represents an effort to put religion into practice. When men look about the world today they will not be able to find any other remedy for our present condition, or any other motive strong enough to promise any solution.” In very good condition, with scattered soiling, mounting remnants affixed to edges and corners, and various tack holes (including a series passing above the signature). Clark had founded the Young People's Society of Christian Endeavour in 1881, beginning as a small society in a single church; by the time Coolidge wrote this letter, it had expanded into an international, interdenominational organization whose membership numbered into the millions. While Coolidge did not have strong public religious opinions or evangelical convictions, as president he did begin the quasi-religious tradition of the National Christmas Tree. Pre-certified John Reznikoff/PSA/DNA and RR Auction COA.
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