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 25, 1940
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Topics include centralization of power in the Federal government; President Roosevelt's Reorganization Bill.
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- Letter to Mrs. C.G. (Ann) Austin, April 9, 1938
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Topics include defeat of Reorganization Bill.
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- Letter to Mrs. C.G. (Ann) Austin, March 14, 1938
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Topics include the Federal Trade Commission Bill; Reorganization Bill.
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- Letter to Mrs. C.G. (Ann) Austin, March 16, 1938
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Topics include Senator Johnson (CA) and the Reorganization Bill.
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- Letter to Mrs. C.G. (Ann) Austin, March 17, 1939
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Topics include Bill for Reorganization of Agencies of the Government; Presidential power; office of the Comptroller General; Congressional power; Austin's presiding over a session of the Miltary Affairs Committee.
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- Letter to Mrs. C.G. (Ann) Austin, March 21 1938
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Topics include Reorganization Bill; Committee vote on Equal Rights Amendment.
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- Letter to Mrs. C.G. (Ann) Austin, March 21, 1939
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Topics include Austin's bill to reimburse Vermont for War of 1812 expenditures; legislation to provide for judicial review of administrative boards; Austin's visit to the FDA regarding maple sugar interests; Reorganization Bill.
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- Letter to Mrs. C.G. (Ann) Austin, March 22, 1938
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Topics include Reorganization Bill.
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- Letter to Mrs. C.G. (Ann) Austin, March 23, 1938
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Topics include Presidential power; Reorganization Bill.
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- Letter to Mrs. C.G. (Ann) Austin, March 25, 1938
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Topics include Tennessee Valley Authority; Reorganization Bill.
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- Letter to Mrs. C.G. (Ann) Austin, March 28, 1938
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Topics include speech by Senator Millard Tydings (MD) and public opinion against the Reorganization Bill.
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- Letter to Mrs. C.G. (Ann) Austin, March 9, 1938
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Topics include Senator Davis speech on the Civil Service and the Reorganization Bill; Senator Bridges and the Tennessee Valley Authority.
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- Letter to Mrs. C.G. (Ann) Austin, May 13, 1940
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Topics include Germany in the Netherlands; French, British, and Belgians preparing for battle; President Roosevelt's Reorganization Bill.
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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.
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- Letter to Mrs. C.G. (Ann) Austin, May 6, 1940
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Topics include speech by Senator McCarran (NV) in opposition to President Roosevelt's Reorganization Bill and the abolishment of the Air Safety Board.
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- Letter to Mrs. C.G. (Ann) Austin, November 16, 1937
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Topics include Senator Byrnes (SC) speech on the Reorganization Bill; Anti-Lynching Bill debate and Senator Tom Connally (TX).