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Collection Reference Number GLC01530
From Archive Folder Letters of Grace Coolidge 
Title Grace Goodhue Coolidge to Charles Conant
Date 21 April 1908
Author Morgan, J. Pierpont (1837-1913)  
Recipient Conant, Charles  
Document Type Correspondence
Content Description Writes to financial author declining request to have his biography written. He writes "... At the same time any such procedure is entirely contrary to my taste, nor can I say that I am very anxious to have any biography published, even after I have passed away." Written on Grand Hotel d'Aix, letterhead with hotel envelope. Envelope includes a twenty-five cent French stamp and four postmarks: two from Aix-les-Bains and two from Paris.
Subjects Finance  Literature and Language Arts  
People Morgan, J. Pierpont (John Pierpont) (1837-1913)  Conant, Charles Arthur (1861-1915)  
Place written Aix-les-Bains, France
Theme The Presidency; Women in American History
Sub-collection The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1860-1945
Additional Information Conant, was a leading advocate of imperialism. He actively worked to install the gold-exchange standard, a key tool of American monetary imperialism, in Latin America and elsewhere.
Copyright The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
Module Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945