Calvin Coolidge, Jr. writing to his father, Calvin Coolidge: March 4, 1919.

Calvin, Jr., asks his father if he can have an air rifle, reminding him that he will soon turn eleven years old and “that would be old enough.” He comments that an air rifle would be useful for shooting chipmunks and squirrels at his grandfather’s house in Plymouth Notch.

Calvin, Jr. also asks how his mother is doing as this is one of the few times that Grace is in Boston performing duties as first lady of Massachusetts. The first lady of the Bay State accompanied the governor to the relief ball organized by the American Committee for Devastated France on February 21 and was present with the Governor when President Woodrow Wilson arrived in Boston three days later. President Wilson had been abroad for the Versailles Treaty negotiations. During the welcome ceremony, Grace rode in a car with the mayor of Boston’s wife, the ambassador to Russia, and a White House physician.