Sold – Calvin Coolidge Letter of State to a South American President
He hopes for the “continuance of the friendly relations which have heretofore existed between the United States and Peru".
Coolidge had an interest in South America, and in 1923 interceded in a dispute between Chile and Peru over the border provinces of Tacna and Arica. He urged the two countries to settle the question by a vote, which suggestion was carried out (although the ownership dispute was not finally settled until...
Coolidge had an interest in South America, and in 1923 interceded in a dispute between Chile and Peru over the border provinces of Tacna and Arica. He urged the two countries to settle the question by a vote, which suggestion was carried out (although the ownership dispute was not finally settled until the administration of his successor, Herbert Hoover). Here he embraces the opportunity to extend greetings to Augusto B. Legu y Salcedo on his reelection as Peruvian president.
Calvin Coolidge autograph on a Letter Signed, Washington, August 18, 1925, to the new Legu y Salcedo, congratulating him upon “your assumption of the Presidency and your entrance upon the duties of the office.” Coolidge adds that he hopes for the “continuance of the friendly relations which have heretofore existed between the United States and Peru” The document is countersigned by Secretary of State Frank Kellogg.
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