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  Who can blame Thomas Jefferson Coolidge for choosing Manchester-by-the-Sea for his summer home? The ocean laps gently at the shoreline, the gusts are shouldered to become breezes before they reach the inlet, the sun sparkles radiantly on the water, and the sloping land lends itself to all the pursuits that the growing season can furnish. If it seemed idyllic at first glance, the 116-acre parcel that became known as Coolidge Point proved consummately tailored to host a family with deep roots in this country’s history. Coolidge Point began its stewardship well over a century ago when Ellen Wayles Randolph, granddaughter o
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