{"product_id":"1885-calvin-coolidge-age-12-autograph-album-with-family-signatures-vermont","title":"1885, Calvin Coolidge Age 12 Autograph Album With Family Signatures Vermont","description":"\u003cp\u003eRare Early Calvin Coolidge Family Autograph Album (1884-1885)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOffered is an extraordinary nineteenth-century Floral Autograph Album containing a youthful autograph of future U.S. President Calvin Coolidge, signed at age 12 in Plymouth, Vermont.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe inscription reads:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Your Cousin\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJ. Calvin Coolidge\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePlymouth\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFeb. 12, 1885\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis small autograph album was kept by Georgia Wilder of Plymouth, Vermont and contains signatures from family members, relatives, and friends.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIncluded with the album is a detailed provenance description stating:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"12 YEAR OLD CALVIN COOLIDGE SIGNS AN AUTOGRAPH ALBUM KEPT BY A GIRL COUSIN IN PLYMOUTH, VERMONT IN 1884 AND 1885. IT ALSO CONTAINS SIGNATURES OF HIS MOTHER WHO DIED A YEAR LATER ON HER 39TH BIRTHDAY AND OF HIS ONLY SISTER WHO DIED IN 1890 AGED ONLY 14, AND OF HIS MATERNAL GRANDPARENTS WHO WERE ALSO THE GIRL'S GRANDPARENTS.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe provenance further notes:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"The 6th entry on the front of the 5th page reads 'Your cousin, J. Calvin Coolidge, Plymouth, Vt. Feb. 12, 1885.' Coolidge, whose given names were John Calvin, dropped the John later...\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlso present are signatures attributed to:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eVictoria J. Coolidge (mother)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAbigail Gratia Coolidge (sister)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHiram Dunlap Moor (maternal grandfather)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAbagail Moor (maternal grandmother)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAccording to the accompanying documentation:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A truly remarkable item, with what is undoubtedly the earliest Coolidge signature in private hands, perhaps in existence...\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCondition\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOriginal red Floral Autograph Album\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eExpected wear from age and handling\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSome cover wear and edge loss as shown\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eInterior pages generally well preserved\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePlease review all photographs carefully\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHistorical Significance\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn exceptional presidential and Vermont historical artifact documenting the family circle of Calvin Coolidge before his rise to national prominence. Items combining an early juvenile signature of Coolidge with signatures of his immediate family are seldom encountered and may be unique in private hands.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eProvenance\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIncludes the accompanying typed historical description shown in the photographs.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGuaranteed Authentic\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOriginal nineteenth-century autograph album from Plymouth, Vermont containing the early \"J. Calvin Coolidge\" signature dated February 12, 1885.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA museum-quality Coolidge family relic and one of the most important early Calvin Coolidge autograph pieces likely to appear on the market.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Signature Documents LLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52336017539354,"sku":"EB-327204505629","price":14148.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2221\/0931\/files\/57_d23f4c08-089e-4571-9a08-4ddfd5bc1a27.jpg?v=1781051983","url":"https:\/\/princetonaudubonprints.com\/en-ca\/products\/1885-calvin-coolidge-age-12-autograph-album-with-family-signatures-vermont","provider":"Signature Documents LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}