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, March 6, 1939
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Topics include debate on foreign affairs and common defense; bill to reimburse Vermont for 1812 War.
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- Letter to Mrs. C.G. (Ann) Austin, March 7, 1938
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Topics include appropriations for the District of Columbia; O'Mahoney bill.
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- Letter to Mrs. C.G. (Ann) Austin, March 7, 1939
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Topics include Senator Barkley (KY) speech on amendments to the Common Defense Bill; death of General Sargent.
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- Letter to Mrs. C.G. (Ann) Austin, March 7, 1940
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Topics include anecdote about Senators Ashurst (AZ) and Bingham (CT).
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- Letter to Mrs. C.G. (Ann) Austin, March 8, 1939
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Topics include passing of the Common Defense Bill; Senator Tydings (MD) speech on housing; visit of Arthur Packard, President of the Vermont Farm Bureau, and discussion of Packard's ideas on managed currency.
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- Letter to Mrs. C.G. (Ann) Austin, March 8, 1940
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Topics include speech by Senator Pepper (FL) against the Hatch Bill to provide against pernicious political activities.
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- Letter to Mrs. C.G. (Ann) Austin, March 9, 1932
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Topics include agriculture appropriations; indian appropriations; senate committees; anti-injunction bill.
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- Letter to Mrs. C.G. (Ann) Austin, March 9, 1937
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Topics include Pure Food and Drug Bill; Court Bill hearings in the Judiciary Committee and opposition by Democrats; Guffey Coal Bill.
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- Letter to Mrs. C.G. (Ann) Austin, March 9, 1939
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Topics include Conference Committee on the Common Defense Bill.
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- Letter to Mrs. C.G. (Ann) Austin, March 9, 1940
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Topics include potential filibuster on the Hatch Bill to provide against pernicious political activities.
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- Letter to Mrs. C.G. (Ann) Austin, May 1, 1940
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Topics include visit to United States Naval Academy.
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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 11, 1934
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Topics include bill for regulation of the stock exchange; air mail issue.
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- Letter to Mrs. C.G. (Ann) Austin, May 11, 1938
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Topics include Merchant Marine Bill and the Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO).
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- Letter to Mrs. C.G. (Ann) Austin, May 14, 1935
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Topics include May 11, 1935 editorial in the New York Times about Austin's criticism of the Tennessee Valley Authority.
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- Letter to Mrs. C.G. (Ann) Austin, May 16, 1938
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Topics include air transportation bill; Presidential power.
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- Letter to Mrs. C.G. (Ann) Austin, May 16, 1940
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Topics include visit by Austin to Aberdeen, Maryland to witness an experiment with a new type of bomb; speech by President Roosevelt.
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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 17, 1938
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Topics include Austin’s decision not to participate on bill to control the making and sale of films for movie shows, Block-Booking Bill, due to personal investments in Vermont theaters.
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- Letter to Mrs. C.G. (Ann) Austin, May 19, 1933
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Topics include Roosevelt in the boat Seqouia on the Potomac; Senator Metcalf's boat Felicia on the Potomac; Fort Washington; impeachment trial of Judge Lauderbach.