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, November 5, 1936
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Topics include comments on 1936 election results.
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- Letter to Mrs. C.G. (Ann) Austin, October 03, 1939
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Topics include debate on neutrality.
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- Letter to Mrs. C.G. (Ann) Austin, October 10, 1939
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Topics include speech by Senator Wagner (NY); embargo repeal and neutrality.
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- Letter to Mrs. C.G. (Ann) Austin, October 11, 1939
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Topics include speech by Senator Clark (MO) on embargo repeal and neutrality.
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- Letter to Mrs. C.G. (Ann) Austin, October 14, 1937
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Topics include lunch with Herber Hoover; Austin's duties as Assistant Minority Leader.
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- Letter to Mrs. C.G. (Ann) Austin, October 18, 1933
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Topics include investigating appointments of Receivers in Bankruptcy by Federal judges in California.
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- Letter to Mrs. C.G. (Ann) Austin, October 19, 1939
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Topics include speech by Senator McCarran (NV) on embargo repeal and neutrality.
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- Letter to Mrs. C.G. (Ann) Austin, October 25, 1939
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Topics include embargo repeal and neutrality.
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- Letter to Mrs. C.G. (Ann) Austin, October 26, 1939
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Topics include speech by Senator Neely (WV) on Hitler.
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- Letter to Mrs. C.G. (Ann) Austin, October 9, 1939
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Topics include speech by Senator Downey (CA) on coast defenses.
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- Letter to Mrs. C.G. (Ann) Austin, September 11, 1939
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Topics include inspection of Fort Adams.
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- Letter to Mrs. C.G. (Ann) Austin, September 11, 1940
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Topics include Export Import Bank and an amendment by Senator Taft (OH); Aiken's primary win for Vermont Senate seat.
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- Letter to Mrs. C.G. (Ann) Austin, September 30, 1939
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Topics include response to constituents regarding foreign policy.
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- Letter to Mrs. C.G. (Ann) Austin, September 4, 1940
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Topics include traveling to Washington by air; island leases for military and naval bases.
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- Letter to Mrs. C.G. (Ann) Austin, September 5, 1940
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Topics include conference report on the Transportation Bill; island leases for military and naval bases.
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- Letter to Mrs. C.G. (Ann) Austin, September 7, 1940
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Topics include Austin's efforts to help avert a railroad strike in Vermont.
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- Letter to Nathan and Mary Hill, April 30, 1842
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Letter to daughter and son-in-law. Topics include traveling to Washington, DC from Craftsbury, Vermont; oath of office in the Senate; Senator Phelps (VT).
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- Letter to Nathan and Mary Hill, August 1, 1842
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Letter to daughter and son-in-law. Topics include enclosed seating chart of the Senate chamber with the seats of the members.
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- Letter to Nathan and Mary Hill, December 11, 1842
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Letter to daughter and son-in-law. Topics include adjournment of Congressional session; Senate and House repeal of Bankruptcy Law; act for reducing pay of members of Congress and other officers of government would fix the compensation of members at seven dollars per day, and seven dollars for...
Show moreLetter to daughter and son-in-law. Topics include adjournment of Congressional session; Senate and House repeal of Bankruptcy Law; act for reducing pay of members of Congress and other officers of government would fix the compensation of members at seven dollars per day, and seven dollars for every twenty miles of travel, and reduce the pay, by twelve and one half percent, of all of officers of government who receive more than twelve hundred dollars a year; vote to release General Jackson's fine.
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- Letter to Nathan and Mary Hill, December 11, 1842
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Letter to daughter and son-in-law. Topics include effect of severe weather on obtaining a quorum in the Senate; health of Senator Samuel Phelps (VT); church meeting preached by Dr. Nott, President of Union College, Schenectady, New York; boarding accommodations in Washington, DC.