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 08, 1933
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Topics include Emergency Farm Mortgage Act; Presidential power; Agricultural Colleges; Extension Service; Industrial Education.
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- Letter to Mrs. C.G. (Ann) Austin, April 1, 1938
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Topics include Austin's amendments to an airmail bill; Austin's successful effort to get Senator La Follette to include Puerto Rico in a public health bill.
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- Letter to Mrs. C.G. (Ann) Austin, April 10, 1934
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Topics include Austin radio broadcast on the air mail issue.
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- Letter to Mrs. C.G. (Ann) Austin, April 10, 1940
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Topics include Germany, Russia, Europe, and Asia; occupation of Denmark and Norway by the Germans; Senator Burke's (NE) primary defeat.
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- Letter to Mrs. C.G. (Ann) Austin, April 13, 1939
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Topics include bill introduced by Austin, Hatch (NM), and Sheppard passed in Senate.
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- Letter to Mrs. C.G. (Ann) Austin, April 14, 1934
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Topics include Austin radio broadcast on the air mail issue.
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- Letter to Mrs. C.G. (Ann) Austin, April 15, 1935
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Topics include a speech by Senator Wheeler; Austin assisting Senator McNary, Minority Leader, in the absence of a Minority Whip; Black Thirty Hour Bill.
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- Letter to Mrs. C.G. (Ann) Austin, April 16, 1934
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Topics include Austin radio broadcast on the air mail issue.
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- Letter to Mrs. C.G. (Ann) Austin, April 16, 1940
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Topics include upcoming Republican National Convention; Governor Aiken.
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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 19, 1939
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Topics include speech by Senator Norris (NE) answering charges made against him; introduction of a bill by Austin to farmers.
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- Letter to Mrs. C.G. (Ann) Austin, April 21, 1934
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Topics include debate on the air mail issue; Democratic Whip Senator Lewis' entering of Austin's address before the Vermont Bar Association into the Congressional Record.
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- Letter to Mrs. C.G. (Ann) Austin, April 21, 1938
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Topics include court of administrative law; Presidential power.
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- Letter to Mrs. C.G. (Ann) Austin, April 22, 1932
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Topics include Merger bill
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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 23, 1935
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Topics include Farm Owners Loan Bill; Austin's impression of a Huey Long speech listened to by packed galleries.
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- Letter to Mrs. C.G. (Ann) Austin, April 23, 1937
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Topics include Court Bill hearings in the Judiciary Committee, and includes an excerpt.
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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, 1939
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Topics include bill to reimburse Vermont for War of 1812 passes Senate.
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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.