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, 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.
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- Letter to Mrs. C.G. (Ann) Austin, May 19, 1936
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Topics include Supreme Court and Circuit Court of Appeals of the District of Columbia decisions, which "held invalid parts of the New Deal usurpation of legislative power of the sovereignty of several States."
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- Letter to Mrs. C.G. (Ann) Austin, May 19, 1938
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Topics include speech by Senator Lewis on relations with Germany and United States refusal to sell them helium gas.
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- Letter to Mrs. C.G. (Ann) Austin, May 2, 1938
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Topics include President Roosevelt's message on monopolies.
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- Letter to Mrs. C.G. (Ann) Austin, May 2, 1939
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Topics include stream pollution; Foreign Affairs Committee.
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- Letter to Mrs. C.G. (Ann) Austin, May 20, 1938
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Topics include speech by Senator Holt (WV) about the Works Progress Administration (WPA).
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- Letter to Mrs. C.G. (Ann) Austin, May 21, 1940
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Topics include appropriation for military preparedness; Germans at Channel Ports.
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- Letter to Mrs. C.G. (Ann) Austin, May 22, 1939
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Topics include railroad legislation.
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- Letter to Mrs. C.G. (Ann) Austin, May 23, 1939
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Topics include President Roosevelt message on the New Deal; bill for regulation of transportation.
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- Letter to Mrs. C.G. (Ann) Austin, May 23, 1940
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Topics include speech by President Roosevelt; appropriations for the War Department and the Navy.
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- Letter to Mrs. C.G. (Ann) Austin, May 23, 1940
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Topics include speech by President Roosevelt; appropriations for the War Department and the Navy.
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- Letter to Mrs. C.G. (Ann) Austin, May 24, 1938
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Topics include Presidential power and reelection campaign of Senator Adams (CO).
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- Letter to Mrs. C.G. (Ann) Austin, May 24, 1939
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Topics include an amendment by Austin to railroad legislation.
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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 Mrs. C.G. (Ann) Austin, May 29, 1940
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Topics include radio address by Austin, "Munitions, Men and Morale"; dedication of Howard Chandler Christy's mural of the signing of the Constitution in the Capitol.
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- Letter to Mrs. C.G. (Ann) Austin, May 29, 1940
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Topics include radio address by Austin, "Munitions, Men and Morale"; dedication of Howard Chandler Christy's mural of the signing of the Constitution in the Capitol.
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- Letter to Mrs. C.G. (Ann) Austin, May 31, 1938
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Topics include President Roosevelt and the Reorganization Bill.