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, April 17, 1939
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Topics include message by President Roosevelt on peace and order of the fleet to the Pacific.
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- Letter to Mrs. C.G. (Ann) Austin, April 22, 1937
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Topics include Court Bill, President Roosevelt, and potential votes against the bill in the Senate.
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- Letter to Mrs. C.G. (Ann) Austin, April 25, 1938
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Topics include message from President Roosevelt about Supreme Court judgment exempting State and Municipal bonds from tax action.
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- Letter to Mrs. C.G. (Ann) Austin, April 25, 1940
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Topics include centralization of power in the Federal government; President Roosevelt's Reorganization Bill.
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- Letter to Mrs. C.G. (Ann) Austin, April 27, 1933
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Topics include boundary case; farm relief bill; Roosevelt administration; Congressional powers; Presidential powers.
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- Letter to Mrs. C.G. (Ann) Austin, August 27, 1940
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Topics include speech by Senator Johnson (CO) on Conscription Bill; commendations from President Roosevelt and Wendell Wilkie to Austin for service for National Defense.
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- Letter to Mrs. C.G. (Ann) Austin, December 11, 1937
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Topics include visit to Washington of Alfred Landon and Col. Frank Knox; dinner at Gridiron Club with President, Vice-President and others; remarks about Austin by Senator Pope.
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- Letter to Mrs. C.G. (Ann) Austin, December 29, 1939
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Topics include invitation to Jackson Day Dinner from President Roosevelt.
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- Letter to Mrs. C.G. (Ann) Austin, February 1, 1939
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Topics include foreign policy and the plan for national defense in the Military Affairs Committee; President Roosevelt meeting with the Military Affairs Committee at the White House; Relief Bill; Judiciary Committee.
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- Letter to Mrs. C.G. (Ann) Austin, February 28, 1939
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Topics include debate on National Defense Bill; President Roosevelt; economic sanctions.
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- Letter to Mrs. C.G. (Ann) Austin, February 8, 1937
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Topics include President Roosevelt and the Supreme Court.
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- Letter to Mrs. C.G. (Ann) Austin, January 2, 1940
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Topics include invitation to Jackson Day Dinner from President Roosevelt declined.
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- Letter to Mrs. C.G. (Ann) Austin, January 20, 1939
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Topics include Senator Bridges (NH) speech on confirmation of Harry Hopkins as Secretary of Commerce; President Roosevelt's dinner to the Judiciary; Justice Stanley Reed; Chief Justice Charles Hughes.
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- Letter to Mrs. C.G. (Ann) Austin, January 4, 1940
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Topics include speech by President Roosevelt.
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- Letter to Mrs. C.G. (Ann) Austin, July 12, 1939
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Topics include vote of Foreign Affairs Committee to postpone action on neutrality and President Roosevelt.
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- Letter to Mrs. C.G. (Ann) Austin, July 15, 1939
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Topics include President Roosevelt, Secretary Hull, the Senate and neutrality.
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- Letter to Mrs. C.G. (Ann) Austin, July 16, 1937
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Topics include death and funeral of Senator Robinson; President Roosevelt and the Court Packing Bill.
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- Letter to Mrs. C.G. (Ann) Austin, July 18, 1939
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Topics include Senators McNary (OR), Borah (ID), and Austin invited to the White House by President Roosevelt for a conference on neutrality.
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- Letter to Mrs. C.G. (Ann) Austin, July 18, 1940
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Topics include Roosevelt's nomination as President and speculation on who will be his running mate, possibly Senator Byrnes (SC).
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- Letter to Mrs. C.G. (Ann) Austin, July 18, 1940
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Topics include Roosevelt's nomination as President and speculation on who will be his running mate, possibly Senator Byrnes (SC).