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, December 17, 1937
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Topics include farm bill and the absence of New England Senators on the Agricultural Committee.
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- Letter to Mrs. C.G. (Ann) Austin, December 2, 1937
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Topics include Secretary of Agriculture's opposition to the farm bill being considered in a Special Session of the Senate.
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- Letter to Mrs. C.G. (Ann) Austin, December 23, 1932
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Topics include Merger Bill; vacation with President and Mrs. Herbert Hoover outside of Savannah, Georgia on the boat Sequoia.
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- Letter to Mrs. C.G. (Ann) Austin, December 29, 1939
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Topics include invitation to Jackson Day Dinner from President Roosevelt.
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- Letter to Mrs. C.G. (Ann) Austin, December 4, 1937
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Topics include farm bill.
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- Letter to Mrs. C.G. (Ann) Austin, December 6, 1937
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Topics include Governor Aiken's open letter.
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- Letter to Mrs. C.G. (Ann) Austin, December 8, 1937
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Topics include visit to Washington of Governor Aiken; farm bill.
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- Letter to Mrs. C.G. (Ann) Austin, February 05, 1935
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Topics include Judiciary subcommittee consideration of the Black Thirty Hour Bill. Austin remarks that he looks to be the only member of the subcommittee opposed to the bill.
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- Letter to Mrs. C.G. (Ann) Austin, February 07, 1933
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Economy Bill amendment; Agricultural Colleges; Extension Service; Vocational Education.
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- Letter to Mrs. C.G. (Ann) Austin, February 08, 1934
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Topics include Austin speech in Senate on the injunctive power of the Federal Courts.
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- Letter to Mrs. C.G. (Ann) Austin, February 1, 1937
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Topics include Judiciary Committee; O'Mahoney Bill; centralization of power in Washington.
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- Letter to Mrs. C.G. (Ann) Austin, February 1, 1939
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Topics include foreign policy and the plan for national defense in the Military Affairs Committee; President Roosevelt meeting with the Military Affairs Committee at the White House; Relief Bill; Judiciary Committee.
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- Letter to Mrs. C.G. (Ann) Austin, February 1, 1940
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Topics include address by Austin on the 150th anniversary of the Supreme Court's first meeting.
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- Letter to Mrs. C.G. (Ann) Austin, February 10, 1936
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Topics include radio broadcasts of two Austin speeches: "The Supreme Court and Government by the People," and "Lincoln and Home Rule". Includes transcripts of speeches.
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- Letter to Mrs. C.G. (Ann) Austin, February 10, 1939
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Topics include Military Affairs Committee and Austin's motion to open hearings to the public; Special Finance Committee on Taxation of Public Securities.
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- Letter to Mrs. C.G. (Ann) Austin, February 11, 1938
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Topics include sub-committee hearings on nomination of Robert Jackson for the post of Solicitor General.
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- Letter to Mrs. C.G. (Ann) Austin, February 14, 1938
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Topics include Seantor Austin's speech in Utica, NY on Lincoln's birthday; tie vote in Judiciary Committee on Equal Rights for Women, Austin voted for it.
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- Letter to Mrs. C.G. (Ann) Austin, February 15, 1933
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Topics include Agricultural Colleges; Extension Service; Vocational Education; Post Office and Treasury Appropriations Bill and the Economy Measure.
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- Letter to Mrs. C.G. (Ann) Austin, February 15, 1938
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Topics include sub-committee hearings on nomination of Robert Jackson for the post of Solicitor General; Austin's duties as Assistant Minority Leader; farm bill; cloture vote on the filibuster of the anti-lynching bill.
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- Letter to Mrs. C.G. (Ann) Austin, February 15, 1939
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Topics include testimony of Secretary of Treasury released from secrecy.