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Letter to Mrs. C.G. (Ann) Austin, January 7, 1940
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- Creator: Austin, Warren Robinson, 1877-1962.
- Description: Topics include appropriations bill and monopolies.
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Letter to Mrs. C.G. (Ann) Austin, January 8, 1940
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- Creator: Austin, Warren Robinson, 1877-1962.
- Description: Letter to wife. Topics include activities of a Congressman; constituent business at the General Post Office, the Treasury, the War or Navy Department, and the Patent Office; Congressional prayer meeting; social life.
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Letter to Mrs. C.G. (Ann) Austin, February 1, 1940
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- Creator: Austin, Warren Robinson, 1877-1962.
- Description: Letter to wife. Topics include securing a seat in the House chamber; traveling to Washington.
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Letter to Mrs. C.G. (Ann) Austin, February 26, 1940
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- Creator: Austin, Warren Robinson, 1877-1962.
- Description: Letter to wife. Topics include speech in House by Collamer; Hiram Powers statue of the Greek Slave.
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Letter to Mrs. C.G. (Ann) Austin, March 12, 1940
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- Creator: Austin, Warren Robinson, 1877-1962.
- Description: Letter to son. Topics include constituent business regarding William Billings and the East Barnard, Vermont post office.
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Warren R. Austin letter to Mrs. C.G. (Ann) Austin, September 20, 1940
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- Creator: Austin, Warren Robinson, 1877-1962.
- Description: Letter to daughter and son-in-law. Topics include Tariff being considered in the House of Representatives; duties on imports; duty on foreign wool and response of wool manufacturers; distribution of the proceeds of the public lands; Apportionment Bill for Representatives to Congress debated in the Senate; fashions in Washington, DC; flowers and vegetables seen in DC.
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Warren R. Austin letter to Mrs. C.G. (Ann) Austin, September 26, 1940
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- Creator: Austin, Warren Robinson, 1877-1962.
- Description: Letter to daughter and son-in-law. Topics include different rules and protocols in the House of Representatives and the Senate such as the one hour rule; President Tyler and the Whigs in Congress; Apportionment Bill; Locofoco (Democrat) opposition to districting of States; Tariff being considered in the House of Representatives; duty on wool; Distribution Act; rumor of a Cabinet break-up by President Tyler.
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Warren R. Austin letter to Mrs. C.G. (Ann) Austin, November 7, 1940
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- Creator: Austin, Warren Robinson, 1877-1962.
- Description: Letter to daughter and son-in-law. Topics include Senate debate on the new Tariff Bill with a bare majority in favor; Crafts in favor of Tariff Bill as passed by the House; frauds practiced by manufacturers and importers; expected veto of Tariff Bill by President Tyler because of the continuation of the distribution of the proceeds of the public lands among the states; current state of the Treasury; Daniel Webster and Lord Ashburton's negotiation over the boundary between the United States and Canada, in particular the northeastern boundary.
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Warren R. Austin letter to Mrs. C.G. (Ann) Austin, November 25, 1940
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- Creator: Austin, Warren Robinson, 1877-1962.
- Description: 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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Warren R. Austin letter to Mrs. C.G. (Ann) Austin, December 30, 1940
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- Creator: Austin, Warren Robinson, 1877-1962.
- Description: Letter to daughter and son-in-law. Topics include treaty between Great Britain and the United States finally approved by the Senate after four long days of discussion, surmounting strong opposition by a vote of 39 to 9; continued deadlock on Tariff Bill; Treasury statement to the House stating that all funds on hand had been expended and asking for authority for more Treasury Notes; impact of governmental inaction on the Tariff Bill on factories and the importation of foreign goods.
- Parent Collections: Letters Home From Congress