Coolidge

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  Introduction: The Curse     1   To no one had this: Details of Oliver Coolidge’s time in Woodstock Common Jail, as well as his correspondence, are in the Oliver Coolidge papers within the Coolidge Family Papers at the Vermont Historical Society in Barre, Vt.
    1   “your promis that you would”: Letter from Oliver Coolidge to Calvin Coolidge, April 29, 1849, Document 215, Folder 10, “Coolidge, Calvin G., Correspondence
..., 1845–1849,” Coolidge Family Papers, Vermont Historical Society, Barre, Vt. The full sentence in this letter reads, “If you know also that being involved lest I should be destitute of a home for myself & family I deeded you my farm and had your promis that you would redeed at any time when I wished by having pay for what I owed you this promis was made by both you and your wife.” The lengthy letter goes on for pages. It continues, “Calvin, who has led you estray [astray] I have been told by mummy that it is your wife if that is the case I fear you will both fall into the ditch together for we read if the blind lead the blind that will both fall together.MoreLess

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