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 8, 1939
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Topics include filibuster against the appropriation bill.
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- Letter to Mrs. C.G. (Ann) Austin, February 2, 1937
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Topics include Senate speeches on the appropriation of relief funds.
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- Letter to Mrs. C.G. (Ann) Austin, February 23, 1938
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Topics include Austin's debate of the Relief Bill in the Senate.
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- Letter to Mrs. C.G. (Ann) Austin, February 25, 1938
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Topics include Senator Norris and the Tennessee Valley Administration; Bill for Appropriations to the Executive Office.
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- Letter to Mrs. C.G. (Ann) Austin, February 26, 1940
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Topics include appropriation for Departments of State, Commerce, Justice and the Judiciary; speech by Senator Tobey (NH) on auditing practices.
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- Letter to Mrs. C.G. (Ann) Austin, February 6, 1940
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Topics include appropriation bill; speech by Senator McCarran (NV) on air transportation.
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- Letter to Mrs. C.G. (Ann) Austin, February 7, 1940
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Topics include Vermont and Civil Aeronautics Authority hearing; appropriations for Independent Offices.
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- Letter to Mrs. C.G. (Ann) Austin, February 8, 1940
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Topics include appropriations for Independent Offices; speech by Senator Davis (PA) about Senator Guffey (PA).
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- Letter to Mrs. C.G. (Ann) Austin, January 14, 1933
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Topics include; liquor question; birth control; appropriations.
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- Letter to Mrs. C.G. (Ann) Austin, July 26, 1939
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Topics include Spending and Lending Bill.
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- Letter to Mrs. C.G. (Ann) Austin, July 28, 1939
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Topics include Spending and Lending Bill.
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- Letter to Mrs. C.G. (Ann) Austin, July 31, 1939
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Topics include Spending and Lending Bill.
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- Letter to Mrs. C.G. (Ann) Austin, June 15, 1937
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Topics include Relief Appropriation Bill; centralization of power in the Federal government.
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- Letter to Mrs. C.G. (Ann) Austin, June 3, 1938
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Topics include Spending Bill amendment on preventing corruption in the use of money defeated.
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- Letter to Mrs. C.G. (Ann) Austin, June 8, 1938
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Topics include remarks made by Austin on the Monopoly Investigation Resolution; Austin's amendment to the Spending Bill.
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- Letter to Mrs. C.G. (Ann) Austin, May 26, 1938
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Topics include Austin amendments to the Bankruptcy Bill; Norris amendment to the Constitution; Spending Bill.
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- Letter to Mrs. C.G. (Ann) Austin, May 27, 1938
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Topics include speech by Austin on the Spending Bill; Block-Booking Bill.
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- Letter to Samuel P. Crafts, April 22, 1822
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Letter to son. Topics include date of adjournment; appropriations for different departments of government; federal revenue.
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- Warren R. Austin letter to Mrs. C.G. (Ann) Austin, May 19, 1941
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Topics include appropriations bill and monopolies.