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, June 21, 1939
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Topics include speech by Senator Thomas (OH) on the power of the President to devalue the dollar.
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- Letter to Mrs. C.G. (Ann) Austin, June 23, 1939
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Topics include revenue bill; speech by Senator Townshend (DE) on purchase of foreign silver; Military Affairs Committee and contracts for construction outside continental United States.
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- Letter to Mrs. C.G. (Ann) Austin, June 27, 1939
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Topics include Republican led termination of delegation of power to coin money and fix the value thereof to the President.
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- Letter to Mrs. C.G. (Ann) Austin, June 6, 1940
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Topics include defeat of Austin's amendment to accelerate industrial production for national defense.
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- Letter to Mrs. C.G. (Ann) Austin, March 17, 1939
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Topics include Bill for Reorganization of Agencies of the Government; Presidential power; office of the Comptroller General; Congressional power; Austin's presiding over a session of the Miltary Affairs Committee.
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- Letter to Mrs. C.G. (Ann) Austin, March 18, 1940
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Topics include debate over Hatch Bill to provide against pernicious political activities; appropriations for agriculture; Trade Treaty Bill; Bill to remove immunity of government securities from taxation.
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- Letter to Mrs. C.G. (Ann) Austin, March 21 1938
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Topics include Reorganization Bill; Committee vote on Equal Rights Amendment.
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- Letter to Mrs. C.G. (Ann) Austin, March 23, 1938
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Topics include Presidential power; Reorganization Bill.
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- Letter to Mrs. C.G. (Ann) Austin, March 29, 1939
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Topics include sub-committee of the Judiciary hearing on proposed changes to the Federal Employers Liability Act; centralization of power in the Federal government.
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- Letter to Mrs. C.G. (Ann) Austin, March 29, 1940
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Topics include Secretary Hull and customs duties and import restrictions; Trade Treaty Bill.
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- Letter to Mrs. C.G. (Ann) Austin, March 30, 1939
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Topics include speech by Senator Ellender (LA) on cotton subsidies.
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- Letter to Mrs. C.G. (Ann) Austin, May 10, 1938
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Topics include Wages and Hours Bill.
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- Letter to Mrs. C.G. (Ann) Austin, May 13, 1940
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Topics include Germany in the Netherlands; French, British, and Belgians preparing for battle; President Roosevelt's Reorganization Bill.
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- Letter to Mrs. C.G. (Ann) Austin, May 17, 1934
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Topics include Tariff; delegation of powers to the President.
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- Letter to Mrs. C.G. (Ann) Austin, May 25, 1939
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Topics include bill for regulation of transportation; Railroad Reorganization; Court Bill.
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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, 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, 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 Nathan and Mary Hill, August 14, 1842
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Letter to daughter and son-in-law. Topics include veto of Tariff Bill by President Tyler; Southern and Western Whig opinions to leave Washington without a Tariff Bill leaving the Federal Government without revenue; strategy meetings of Whigs from the Senate and House; idea to give up on public...
Show moreLetter to daughter and son-in-law. Topics include veto of Tariff Bill by President Tyler; Southern and Western Whig opinions to leave Washington without a Tariff Bill leaving the Federal Government without revenue; strategy meetings of Whigs from the Senate and House; idea to give up on public lands piece of Tariff Bill; treaty between Great Britain and the United States is before the Senate, with possible Locofoco (Democrat) opposition to it; the treaty settles boundary questions from St. Croix to the Rocky Mountains.
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