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, 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.
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- Letter to Mrs. C.G. (Ann) Austin, October 19, 1939
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Topics include speech by Senator McCarran (NV) on embargo repeal and neutrality.
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- Letter to Mrs. C.G. (Ann) Austin, October 25, 1939
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Topics include embargo repeal and neutrality.
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- Letter to Mrs. C.G. (Ann) Austin, October 26, 1939
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Topics include speech by Senator Neely (WV) on Hitler.
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- Letter to Mrs. C.G. (Ann) Austin, October 9, 1939
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Topics include speech by Senator Downey (CA) on coast defenses.
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- Letter to Mrs. C.G. (Ann) Austin, September 11, 1939
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Topics include inspection of Fort Adams.
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- Letter to Mrs. C.G. (Ann) Austin, September 11, 1940
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Topics include Export Import Bank and an amendment by Senator Taft (OH); Aiken's primary win for Vermont Senate seat.
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- Letter to Mrs. C.G. (Ann) Austin, September 30, 1939
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Topics include response to constituents regarding foreign policy.
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- Letter to Mrs. C.G. (Ann) Austin, September 4, 1940
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Topics include traveling to Washington by air; island leases for military and naval bases.
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- Letter to Mrs. C.G. (Ann) Austin, September 5, 1940
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Topics include conference report on the Transportation Bill; island leases for military and naval bases.
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- Letter to Mrs. C.G. (Ann) Austin, September 7, 1940
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Topics include Austin's efforts to help avert a railroad strike in Vermont.
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- The Tariff Act of 1930: The Flexible Feature and The Tariff Commission / Speech of Warren R. Austin, March 28 & 29, 1932
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Text of Speech
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- Thirty-Hour Work Week: Minority Views of the Committee on the Judiciary to Accompany S. 87., March 13, 1935
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Submitted by Mr. Austin. March 13, 1935.
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- Warren R. and Mildred Austin letter to Mrs. C.G. (Ann) Austin, Bob, and Edward, January 10, 1938
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Topics include labor strikes; lengthy report of a trip by a group of Senators to Puerto Rico.
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- Warren R. Austin letter to Mrs. C.G. (Ann) Austin, April 29, 1941
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Topics include speech by Senator Tobey (NH) on convoys.
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- Warren R. Austin letter to Mrs. C.G. (Ann) Austin, April 30, 1941
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Topics include Minister of Foreign Affairs of China.
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- Warren R. Austin letter to Mrs. C.G. (Ann) Austin, December 12, 1931
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Topics include first days in Washington.