Commemorative Exercises at Presentation to the Commonwealth of Massachusetts of the Bust of Hon. Samuel Walker McCall, War Governor

Résumé du livre

Primarily consists of typescript copies of texts related to the presentation of a bust of the late governor Samuel Walker McCall, February 28, 1925. These transcript materials include: Massachusetts 1925 House Bill 170, Resolve providing for the placing the State House of a bust of the late Governor Samuel Walker McCall; the invitation to the presentation of the bust; the address of Charles L. Burrill; and excerpts from the address Charles W. Eliot. Also included are original materials: two pages of typed notes containing details about the event and the volume; a newspaper clipping of a photograph of the event; a typescript signed letter from President Calvin Coolidge (who served as lieutenant governor under McCall) to Charles L. Burrill, dated February 17, 1925, expressing satisfaction that Governor McCall was being memorialized; and a typescript signed letter from Supreme Court Chief Justice William Taft to McCall's widow, expressing his regrets at being unable to attend.