Until her death (in 1972), Pell's mother, Matilda (Bigelow Koehler) wrote frequently and proudly to her senator son. This letter is from the summer of 1968, when Pell's opposition to the Vietnam War and other factors fueled talk of Pell as a Vice Presidential candidate -- talk he did nothing to quash.
Image courtesy of Special Collections, University of Rhode Island Library.
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