Letters Home From Congress

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 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 detail his frustrations serving as a Senator in the minority party during the era of Roosevelt and the New Deal; his activities on the Judiciary Committee; and foreign affairs topics 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: https://bioguide.congress.gov/

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12 Neutrality -- United States. 11 Roosevelt Franklin D. (Franklin Delano) 1882-1945. 9 United States -- Defenses -- Law and legislation. 7 United States Congress Senate Committee on Military Affairs. 5 Railroad law -- United States. 4 Embargo. 4 Executive power -- United States. 4 Government lending -- United States. 4 Monetary policy -- United States. 4 Taxation -- Law and legislation -- United States. 4 United States -- Appropriations and expenditures. 4 United States Congress Senate Committee on Foreign Relations. 4 United States Congress Senate Committee on the Judiciary. 4 United States Dept. of Commerce Office of the Secretary. 3 Agricultural credit -- Law and legislation -- United States. 3 Devaluation of currency -- United States. 3 Executive departments -- United States -- Reorganization. 3 Foreign exchange -- United States. 3 Hatch Carl Atwood 1889-1963. 3 Hopkins Harry Lloyd 1890-1946. 3 Library of Congress. 3 MacLeish Archibald 1892-. 3 Murphy Frank 1890-1949. 3 United States -- Foreign relations -- 1933-1945. 3 United States -- History -- War of 1812 -- Finance. 3 United States Congress Senate -- Minority leaders. 3 United States War Dept. -- Appropriations and expenditures. 3 United States Work Projects Administration -- Appropriations and expenditures. 3 Vermont -- Claims vs. United States. 2 Adams Alva Blanchard b. 1875. 2 Agricultural subsidies -- United States. 2 Block booking. 2 Bridges Styles 1898-1961. 2 Cotton trade -- United States. 2 Election law -- United States. 2 Filibusters. 2 Japan -- Commerce -- United States. 2 Panama Canal (Panama). 2 Raw materials -- Law and legislation -- United States. 2 Silver question. 2 Transportation -- Law and legislation -- United States. 2 United States -- Commerce -- Japan. 2 United States -- Commercial treaties -- Japan. 2 United States -- Defenses. 2 United States -- Foreign relations. 2 United States Attorney-General. 2 United States Congress -- Constituent communication. 2 United States Congress -- Powers and duties. 2 United States Congress Conference Committees. 2 United States Interstate Commerce Commission. 2 United States Supreme Court -- Officials and employees -- Selection and appointment. 2 United States Supreme Court. 1 Administrative courts -- United States. 1 Aeronautics -- Law and legislation -- United States. 1 Agricultural laws and legislation -- United States. 1 Air mail service -- United States. 1 Air pilots -- United States. 1 Bankhead John Hollis 1872-1946. 1 Bankruptcy -- Law and legislation -- United States. 1 Barkley Alben William 1877-1956. 1 Bonds -- Law and legislation -- United States. 1 Borah William Edgar 1865-1940. 1 Borrowing and lending -- Law and legislation -- United States. 1 Burlington, Vermont. 1 Clark Charles Edward 1889-1963. 1 Clark Clarence D. (Clarence Don). 1 Coast defenses -- United States. 1 Defense contracts -- United States. 1 Douglas William O. (William Orville) 1898-1980. 1 Downey Sheridan 1884-1961. 1 Economic sanctions, American. 1 Ellender Allen Joseph 1890-1972. 1 Employers' liability -- United States. 1 Federal government -- United States. 1 Flood control -- Law and legislation -- United States. 1 Fort Adams (R.I. : Fort). 1 Frankfurter Felix 1882-1965. 1 Frazier Lynn J. (Lynn Joseph) 1874-1947. 1 Great Britain Embassy (U.S.). 1 Hitler Adolf 1889-1945. 1 Hopkins, Harry Lloyd, 1890-1946. 1 Housing -- Law and legislation -- United States. 1 Hughes Charles Evans 1862-1948. 1 Hull Cordell 1871-1955. 1 Jackson Andrew 1767-1845 -- Anniversaries. 1 Lewis James Hamilton 1863-1939. 1 Maple sugar. 1 Marble -- Vermont. 1 McCarran Pat 1876-1954. 1 McNary Charles Linza 1874-1944. 1 Milk trade. 1 Neely Matthew Mansfield 1874-1958. 1 New Deal, 1933-1939. 1 Norris George W. (George William) 1861-1944. 1 Nye Gerald Prentice 1892-1971. 1 Panama -- Foreign relations -- United States. 1 Peace. 1 Pittman Key 1872-1940. 1 Proctor Redfield 1879-. 1 Railroads -- United States -- Economic conditions. 1 Receivership. 1 Reed Stanley Forman 1884-1980. 1 Revenue -- United States. 1 Sargent John G. (John Garibaldi) 1860-1939. 1 Sheppard Morris 1875-1941. 1 Social security -- Law and legislation. 1 Somoza Anastasio 1925-1980. 1 Spain -- Foreign relations -- United States. 1 Speeches, addresses, etc., -- American. 1 Strategic materials -- Law and legislation -- United States. 1 Taxation of bonds, securities, etc. -- United States. 1 Tennessee Valley Authority. 1 Thomas Jefferson Memorial (Washington D.C.). 1 Thomas William Aubrey 1866-1951. 1 Townsend John G 1871-1964. 1 Tydings Millard E. (Millard Evelyn) 1890-1961. 1 United States -- Foreign relations -- Panama. 1 United States -- Foreign relations -- Spain. 1 United States Armed Forces. 1 United States Congress -- Rules and practice. 1 United States Congress House Committee on Military Affairs. 1 United States Congress Senate. 1 United States Dept. of Agriculture -- Appropriations and expenditures. 1 United States Dept. of the Treasury Office of the Secretary. 1 United States Food and Drug Administration. 1 United States General Accounting Office. 1 United States War Dept. 1 Wagner Robert F. (Robert Ferdinand) 1877-1953. 1 Walsh David I. (David Ignatius) 1872-1947. 1 Water -- Pollution -- United States. 1 Wheeler Burton K. (Burton Kendall) 1882-1975. 1 Woodring Harry Hines 1887-1967. 1 World War, 1939-1945 -- Pacific Area.

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Miniature of Letter to Mrs. C.G. (Ann) Austin, May 31, 1939
Letter to Mrs. C.G. (Ann) Austin, May 31, 1939
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    • Creator: Austin, Warren Robinson, 1877-1962.
    • Description: Topics include nomination of Knox to Secretary of Navy.
    • Parent Collections: Letters Home From Congress
    Miniature of Letter to Mrs. C.G. (Ann) Austin, January 17, 1939
    Letter to Mrs. C.G. (Ann) Austin, January 17, 1939
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      • Creator: Austin, Warren Robinson, 1877-1962.
      • Description: Topics include Vermont and Civil Aeronautics Authority hearing; appropriations for Independent Offices.
      • Parent Collections: Letters Home From Congress
      Miniature of Letter to Mrs. C.G. (Ann) Austin, January 25, 1939
      Letter to Mrs. C.G. (Ann) Austin, January 25, 1939
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        • Creator: Austin, Warren Robinson, 1877-1962.
        • Description: Topics include appropriation for Departments of State, Commerce, Justice and the Judiciary; speech by Senator Tobey (NH) on auditing practices.
        • Parent Collections: Letters Home From Congress
        Miniature of Letter to Mrs. C.G. (Ann) Austin, January 28, 1939
        Letter to Mrs. C.G. (Ann) Austin, January 28, 1939
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          • Creator: Austin, Warren Robinson, 1877-1962.
          • Description: Topics include anecdote about Senators Ashurst (AZ) and Bingham (CT).
          • Parent Collections: Letters Home From Congress
          Miniature of Letter to Mrs. C.G. (Ann) Austin, February 1, 1939
          Letter to Mrs. C.G. (Ann) Austin, February 1, 1939
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            • Creator: Austin, Warren Robinson, 1877-1962.
            • Description: Topics include speech by Senator Pepper (FL) against the Hatch Bill to provide against pernicious political activities.
            • Parent Collections: Letters Home From Congress
            Miniature of Letter to Mrs. C.G. (Ann) Austin, February 28, 1939
            Letter to Mrs. C.G. (Ann) Austin, February 28, 1939
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              • Creator: Austin, Warren Robinson, 1877-1962.
              • Description: Topics include Wisconsin primary, Thomas Dewey, and Senator Vandenberg (MI).
              • Parent Collections: Letters Home From Congress
              Miniature of Letter to Mrs. C.G. (Ann) Austin, March 3, 1939
              Letter to Mrs. C.G. (Ann) Austin, March 3, 1939
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                • Creator: Austin, Warren Robinson, 1877-1962.
                • Description: Topics include Senator McCarran (NV); Trade Treaty Bill.
                • Parent Collections: Letters Home From Congress
                Miniature of Letter to Mrs. C.G. (Ann) Austin, October 03, 1939
                Letter to Mrs. C.G. (Ann) Austin, October 03, 1939
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                  • Creator: Austin, Warren Robinson, 1877-1962.
                  • Description: Topics include start of the 77th Congress and Republican leadership posts in the Senate; Austin's duties as Assistant Minority Leader.
                  • Parent Collections: Letters Home From Congress
                  Miniature of Letter to Mrs. C.G. (Ann) Austin, October 25, 1939
                  Letter to Mrs. C.G. (Ann) Austin, October 25, 1939
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                    • Creator: Austin, Warren Robinson, 1877-1962.
                    • Description: Topics include Minister of Foreign Affairs of China.
                    • Parent Collections: Letters Home From Congress
                    Miniature of Letter to Mrs. C.G. (Ann) Austin, February 2, 1939
                    Letter to Mrs. C.G. (Ann) Austin, February 2, 1939
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                      • Creator: Austin, Warren Robinson, 1877-1962.
                      • Description: Topics include potential filibuster on the Hatch Bill to provide against pernicious political activities.
                      • Parent Collections: Letters Home From Congress