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Coolidge, Calvin (1872-1933) to Otto A. Rosalsky re: as Gov. of Mass., urging leniency for Bernard Manning

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC04476 Author/Creator: Coolidge, Calvin (1872-1933) Place Written: Boston Type: Typed letter signed Date: 1920/04/29 Pagination: 2 p. Order a Copy

Written as Governor of Massachusetts (on stationery) to Judge Rosalsky, asking leniency for Bernard Manning of Northampton, his hometown. He attests to the character of Manning's family and asserts that "[i]t appears to me simply a case of a country boy going to a large city and ignoring the restraints of home life and giving himself over to the propensities of youth than the exhibition of criminal intent."

Coolidge, Calvin, 1872-1933

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