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 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 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 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 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, February 17, 1939
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Topics include granting of Austin's request for another airmail service at Burlington, Vermont.
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- Letter to Mrs. C.G. (Ann) Austin, May 11, 1934
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Topics include bill for regulation of the stock exchange; air mail issue.
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- Warren R. Austin letter to Mrs. C.G. (Ann) Austin, May 5, 1941
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Topics include subsidy for the Telman Brothers to start an airmail route.
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- Warren R. Austin letter to Mrs. C.G. (Ann) Austin, May 7, 1941
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Topics include appropriation for trans-Atlantic airmail.