AFTER LOSING ELECTION TO HARRISON: "WE REJOICE AT A PROSPECT OF FREEDOM" CLEVELAND, FRANCES F. Three Autograph Letters Signed, two as First Lady, to Mrs. Albert Leighton Coolidge ("My dear Mrs. Coolidge"), explaining that she had gone to Marion, MA, for the summer to escape the heat, hoping Mr. Coolidge has found some deer [to hunt], expressing ambivalence about her husband's having lost re-election, sharing her opinions about the theatrical roles performed by [Jane] Hading and [Benoît-Constant] Coquelin, and thanking for flowers. Together 13 pages, 12mo, written on 4 folded sheets, personal or "Executive Mansion" stationery; horizontal fold. Two with the original envelope. Washington, 3 August 1887; 24 November 1888; Np, "Saturday"
24 November 1888: ". . . Well Mr. Coolidge did predict wrong, but it can't be helped, and I wish no one felt worse than I do about it. The President and [I] are looking forward now to some real living. Democratically we are very mad, but personally we rejoice at a prospect of freedom & independence. "Mamma has just gone off to see Coquelin and Hading in Camille. I have seen them both at their best. . . ."
