Letters Home From Congress
Collection Overview
This collection features letters home from Warren R. Austin (Senator, 1931-1946), Jacob Collamer (Representative, 1843-1848; Senator, 1855-1865), and Samuel C. Crafts (Representative, 1817-1824; Senator, 1842-1843). The letters document travel to...
Show moreThis collection features letters home from Warren R. Austin (Senator, 1931-1946), Jacob Collamer (Representative, 1843-1848; Senator, 1855-1865), and Samuel C. Crafts (Representative, 1817-1824; Senator, 1842-1843). The letters document travel to and from Washington by horse, boat, train, and airplane; lodging in boarding houses, hotels, and homes; social life in Washington; significant local and national events; and legislative issues under consideration in Congress. Austin's letters are particularly strong in their coverage of his frustration at being a Senator in the minority party during the era of Roosevelt and the New Deal; his activities on the Judiciary Committee; and foreign affairs questions such as the Neutrality Act. The letters of Crafts and Collamer both extensively cover the question of slavery, discussing Missouri statehood, John Brown, the annexation of Texas, and the Civil War. All three Congressmen frequently discuss questions regarding appropriations and the Federal budget. Biographical information is available from the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, at: http://bioguide.congress.gov/biosearch/biosearch.asp
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- Letter to Mrs. C.G. (Ann) Austin, May 31, 1938
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Topics include President Roosevelt and the Reorganization Bill.
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- Letter to Mrs. C.G. (Ann) Austin, May 31, 1939
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Topics include labor amendment for a Panama Canal appropriations bill.
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- Letter to Mrs. C.G. (Ann) Austin, May 4, 1939
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Topics include sentiment for peace in the United States.
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- Letter to Mrs. C.G. (Ann) Austin, May 5, 1938
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Topics include Florida election.
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- Letter to Mrs. C.G. (Ann) Austin, May 5, 1939
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Topics include railway legislation concerning bankruptcies and receiverships.
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- Letter to Mrs. C.G. (Ann) Austin, May 6, 1940
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Topics include speech by Senator McCarran (NV) in opposition to President Roosevelt's Reorganization Bill and the abolishment of the Air Safety Board.
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- Letter to Mrs. C.G. (Ann) Austin, May 8, 1938
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Topics include speech by Senator Clark of Missouri against the Big Navy Bill.
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- Letter to Mrs. C.G. (Ann) Austin, May 9, 1940
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Topics include a trip by Austin to the House to speak with Representative Rayburn (TX) and others about support for his bill on a war claim for Katherine Drier.
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- Letter to Mrs. C.G. (Ann) Austin, November 10, 1932
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Topics include Herbert Hoover; 1932 Presidential election
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- Letter to Mrs. C.G. (Ann) Austin, November 11, 1933
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Topics include California; President and Mrs. Herbert Hoover.
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- Letter to Mrs. C.G. (Ann) Austin, November 16, 1937
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Topics include Senator Byrnes (SC) speech on the Reorganization Bill; Anti-Lynching Bill debate and Senator Tom Connally (TX).
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- Letter to Mrs. C.G. (Ann) Austin, November 17, 1933
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Topics include California; Yosemite.
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- Letter to Mrs. C.G. (Ann) Austin, November 28, 1937
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Topics include President Roosevelt's message on housing.
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- Letter to Mrs. C.G. (Ann) Austin, November 3, 1939
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Topics include Conference Report on the Neutrality Act of 1939.
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- Letter to Mrs. C.G. (Ann) Austin, November 5, 1936
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Topics include comments on 1936 election results.
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- Letter to Mrs. C.G. (Ann) Austin, October 03, 1939
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Topics include debate on neutrality.
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- Letter to Mrs. C.G. (Ann) Austin, October 10, 1939
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Topics include speech by Senator Wagner (NY); embargo repeal and neutrality.
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- Letter to Mrs. C.G. (Ann) Austin, October 11, 1939
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Topics include speech by Senator Clark (MO) on embargo repeal and neutrality.
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- Letter to Mrs. C.G. (Ann) Austin, October 14, 1937
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Topics include lunch with Herber Hoover; Austin's duties as Assistant Minority Leader.
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- Letter to Mrs. C.G. (Ann) Austin, October 18, 1933
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Topics include investigating appointments of Receivers in Bankruptcy by Federal judges in California.