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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- Warren R. Austin letter to Mrs. C.G. (Ann) Austin, January 11, 1932
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Topics include Memorial to Senator Greene; political speeches; inefficiency of the Senate.
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- Warren R. Austin letter to Mrs. C.G. (Ann) Austin, May 13, 1941
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Topics include debate over vacant West Virginia seat in the Senate.
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- Warren R. Austin letter to Mrs. C.G. (Ann) Austin, May 14, 1941
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Topics include debate over vacant West Virginia seat in the Senate; bill to authorize acquisition of foreign ships in our harbors.
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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.
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- Warren R. Austin letter to Mrs. C.G. (Ann) Austin, May 3, 1941
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Topics include Minister of Foreign Affairs of China.
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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.
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- Warren R. Austin letter to Mrs. C.G. (Ann) Austin, May 9, 1941
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Topics include debate over vacant West Virginia seat in the Senate.
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- Warren R. Austin letter to Mrs. C.G. (Ann) Austin, November 20, 1940
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Topics include Walter-Logan Bill.
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- Warren R. Austin letter to Mrs. C.G. (Ann) Austin, November 25, 1940
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Topics include Walter-Logan Bill.
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- Warren R. Austin letter to Mrs. C.G. (Ann) Austin, November 7, 1940
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Topics include election results.
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- Warren R. Austin letter to Mrs. C.G. (Ann) Austin, November 7, 1940
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Topics include election results.
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- Warren R. Austin letter to Mrs. C.G. (Ann) Austin, October 1, 1940
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Topics include House action on the tax bill; speech by Wendell Wilkie.
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- Warren R. Austin letter to Mrs. C.G. (Ann) Austin, September 17, 1940
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Topics include debate over the immunity of state and municipal bonds from Federal taxation.
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- Warren R. Austin letter to Mrs. C.G. (Ann) Austin, September 20, 1940
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Topics include the immunity of state and municipal bonds from Federal taxation.
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- Warren R. Austin letter to Mrs. C.G. (Ann) Austin, September 24, 1940
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Topics include Senator Burke (NE); term limits.
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- Warren R. Austin letter to Mrs. C.G. (Ann) Austin, September 26, 1940
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Topics include Austin's successful request for President Roosevelt to appoint an Emergency Board to look at the labor disagreement with the Rutland Railroad; conference report on the Transportation Bill.
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- Warren R. Austin letter to Mrs. C.G. (Ann) Austin, September 26, 1940
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Topics include Civil Service Bill; Nationality Code.