Congressional Papers
Collection Overview
The University of Vermont (UVM) is a major repository for Vermont Congressional papers, holding the records of over 30 Members of Congress from 1791 to the present. The Congressional Papers collection will provide access to digitized content from these papers. The intent is to document selected aspects of the legislative history of Vermont's members of Congress. In particular, we look at issues that were important for a particular member as well as issues that have been important over time such as support for dairy farmers, water quality, and slavery.
Time Period Covered: 1818-2004
Sub-collections
Letters Home From Congress
Dairy and the US Congress
Congressional Portraits
Congressional Speeches
Related Archival Collection(s)
Collamer Family Papers
George D. Aiken Papers
Warren R. Austin Collection
Crafts Family Collection
Published: October 07, 2006, University of Vermont, Bailey/Howe Library, Special Collections
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Creator(s)
- Morrill, Justin S. (Justin Smith), 1810-1898. [14]
- Crafts, Samuel Chandler, 1768-1853 [12]
- Austin, Warren Robinson, 1877-1962 [3]
- Collamer, Jacob, 1791-1865 [2]
- Collamer, Jacob, 1791-1865. [1]
- Mallary, Rollin Carolus, 1784-1831. [1]
- Meacham, James, 1810-1856. [1]
- Phelps, Samuel Shethar, 1793-1855. [1]
- Powers, Horace Henry, 1835-1913. [1]
- Proctor, Redfield, 1831-1908. [1]
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Topic(s)
- Tariff -- United States [38]
- Taylor, Zachary, 1784-1850 [9]
- Democratic Party (U.S.) [6]
- Great Britain. Treaties, etc. United States, 1842 Aug. 9 [6]
- Public lands -- United States [5]
- Import quotas [2]
- Internal revenue -- United States. [2]
- Reciprocity (Commerce) [2]
- Tariff on wool [2]
- Webster, Daniel, 1782-1852 [2]
- Amistad (Schooner) [1]
- Bankruptcy -- Law and legislation -- United States [1]
- Berrien, John MacPherson, 1781-1856 [1]
- Bounties, Military -- United States. [1]
- Clay, Henry, 1777-1852 [1]
- Cookman, George G. (George Grimston), 1800-1841 [1]
- Currency question -- United States. [1]
- Executive power -- United States [1]
- Executive-legislative relations. [1]
- Foot, Solomon, 1802-1866. [1]
- Fourth of July celebrations [1]
- Green, Willis [1]
- Hawaii -- Commerce -- United States. [1]
- Henderson, John, 1795-1857 [1]
- Hull, Cordell, 1871-1955. [1]
- O'Mahoney, Joseph C. (Joseph Christopher), 1884-1962 [1]
- Paine, Charles, 1799-1853 [1]
- Sheep industry -- United States. [1]
- Slave trade -- Africa [1]
- Southard, Samuel L. (Samuel Lewis), 1787-1842. [1]
- Texas -- Annexation to the United States [1]
- United States -- Commerce -- Hawaii [1]
- United States. Congress -- Rules and practice [1]
- United States. Supreme Court [1]
- Vermont State House (Montpelier, Vt.) [1]
- Washington (D.C.) -- Social life and customs [1]
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Topic: ("Tariff -- United States")
Creator: Morrill, Justin S. (Justin Smith), 1810-1898.
Date: 1870-05-09
Resource type: speech
Creator: Morrill, Justin S. (Justin Smith), 1810-1898.
Date: 1886-12-09
Resource type: speech
Creator: Powers, Horace Henry, 1835-1913.
Date: 1894-01-15
Resource type: speech
Creator: Walton, Eliakim Persons, 1812-1890.
Date: 1859-02-07
Resource type: speech
Creator: Morrill, Justin S. (Justin Smith), 1810-1898.
Date: 1875-03-18
Resource type: speech
Title: Letter to Eunice Todd Crafts, April 15, 1820
Creator: Crafts, Samuel Chandler, 1768-1853
Date: 1820-04-15
Resource type: text
Resource type: letter
Letter to wife. Topics include proposed raising of import duties on Canada.
Title: Letter to Mary Collamer, February 2, 1845
Creator: Collamer, Jacob, 1791-1865
Date: 1845-02-02
Resource type: letter
Letter to daughter. Topics include speech by Collamer on Texas; case of Collamer's before the Supreme Court; health of Representative Willis Green (KY); annexation of Texas; tariff.
Title: Letter to Mrs. C.G. (Ann) Austin, April 4, 1940
Creator: Austin, Warren Robinson, 1877-1962
Date: 1940-04-04
Resource type: text
Resource type: letter
Topics include defeat of Senator O'Mahoney (WY) amendment on customs duties and import restrictions; Trade Treaty Bill.
Title: Letter to Mrs. C.G. (Ann) Austin, March 29, 1940
Creator: Austin, Warren Robinson, 1877-1962
Date: 1940-03-29
Resource type: text
Resource type: letter
Topics include Secretary Hull and customs duties and import restrictions; Trade Treaty Bill.
Title: Letter to Mrs. C.G. (Ann) Austin, May 17, 1934
Creator: Austin, Warren Robinson, 1877-1962
Date: 1934-05-17
Resource type: text
Resource type: letter
Topics include Tariff; delegation of powers to the President.
Title: Letter to Nathan and Mary Hill, August 14, 1842
Creator: Crafts, Samuel Chandler, 1768-1853
Date: 1842-08-14
Resource type: text
Resource type: letter
Letter to daughter and son-in-law. Topics include veto of Tariff Bill by President Tyler; Southern and Western Whig opinions to leave Washington without a Tariff Bill leaving the Federal Government without revenue; strategy meetings of Whigs from the Senate and House; idea to give up on public lands piece of Tariff Bill; treaty between Great Britain and the United States is before the Senate, with possible Locofoco (Democrat) opposition to it; the treaty settles boundary questions from St. Croix to the Rocky Mountains.
Title: Letter to Nathan and Mary Hill, August 21, 1842
Creator: Crafts, Samuel Chandler, 1768-1853
Date: 1842-08-21
Resource type: text
Resource type: letter
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.
Title: Letter to Nathan and Mary Hill, August 7, 1842
Creator: Crafts, Samuel Chandler, 1768-1853
Date: 1842-08-07
Resource type: text
Resource type: letter
Letter to daughter and son-in-law. Topics include Tariff Bill passed by Senate and sent to the President; efforts by Locofocos (Democrats) to oppose the Tariff Bill; Senate split on Tariff bill with twenty-five Whigs for, twenty Locofocos (Democrats) against, and five southern Whigs against, but Senator John Henderson (MS) was absent and Senator John Berrien (GA) did not vote; discussions about whether President Tyler will sign the bill what will happen if it is vetoed; treaty between Great Britain and the United States; Government band which plays in front of the Capitol every Thursday and at the Presidents on Saturday evenings; theatre performances; public gardens; Locofocos (Democrats) in Vermont.
Title: Letter to Nathan and Mary Hill, July 17, 1842
Creator: Crafts, Samuel Chandler, 1768-1853
Date: 1842-07-17
Resource type: text
Resource type: letter
Letter to daughter and son-in-law. Topics include President Tyler and the Tariff Bill; Tariff Bill passed, 116 to 112, by the House despite opposition from Locofocos (Democrats) and some Southern Whigs and a threatened veto; Tariff Bill now in the Senate where there are 20 Locofocos (Democrats) and 30 Whigs, but 5 southern Whigs who will cast the deciding votes on passage; Vermont State Whig Convention; Governor Paine (VT); Henry Clay's potential candidacy for President; Craft's feelings on being elected for the remained of Judge Samuel Prentiss' Senate term; rumored changes in President Tyler's cabinet; Daniel Webster, Lord Ashburton and a prospect of a settlement of disputes with Great Britain.
Title: Letter to Nathan and Mary Hill, July 24, 1842
Creator: Crafts, Samuel Chandler, 1768-1853
Date: 1842-07-24
Resource type: text
Resource type: letter
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.
Title: Letter to Nathan and Mary Hill, July 3, 1842
Creator: Crafts, Samuel Chandler, 1768-1853
Date: 1842-07-03
Resource type: text
Resource type: letter
Letter to daughter and son-in-law. Topics include attendance at church meetings in the Representatives Hall in the Capitol and various chaplains and clergymen who preach there; regular attendance of Washington citizens, particularly blacks, at church meetings; plans to see Sabbath School scholars and black Sabbath School scholars 4th of July processions; death and funeral of Senator Samuel Southard (NJ); veto by President Tyler of Tariff Bill with provision postponing the distribution to the States of the proceeds of the sales of the public lands and return of bill to the House of Representatives with little chance of overriding the veto; Locofocos (Democrats) are against distribution and generally against protection, but despise Tyler.
Title: Letter to Nathan and Mary Hill, July 31, 1842
Creator: Crafts, Samuel Chandler, 1768-1853
Date: 1842-07-31
Resource type: text
Resource type: letter
Letter to daughter and son-in-law. Topics include attendance at a church meeting in the Representatives Hall in the Capitol with a eulogy for Rev. Cookman, a former chaplain of Congress who was lost on the steamship President; Senate debate on the Tariff Bill and the unlikelihood that it will be altered much from the version passed in the House; expected veto of the Tariff Bill by President Tyler; Locofoco (Democrat) opposition to the Tariff Bill; treaty between United States and Great Britain.
Title: Letter to Nathan and Mary Hill, June 11, 1842
Creator: Crafts, Samuel Chandler, 1768-1853
Date: 1842-06-11
Resource type: text
Resource type: letter
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.
Title: Letter to Nathan and Mary Hill, June 18, 1842
Creator: Crafts, Samuel Chandler, 1768-1853
Date: 1842-06-18
Resource type: text
Resource type: letter
Letter to daughter and son-in-law. Topics include reports of a snow storm in Vermont; Apportionment Bill passed in the Senate; Tariff being considered in the House of Representatives; distribution of the proceeds of the public lands; description of work in the Senate; Locofocos (Democrats) and Whigs in Congress; President Tyler and Congress.
Title: Letter to Nathan and Mary Hill, June 25, 1842
Creator: Crafts, Samuel Chandler, 1768-1853
Date: 1842-06-25
Resource type: text
Resource type: letter
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.
Title: Letter to Pliny Corbin, July 13, 1842
Creator: Crafts, Samuel Chandler, 1768-1853
Date: 1842-07-13
Resource type: text
Resource type: letter
Topics include workload of Congress and industriousness of majority members in the Senate and the House; relationship of Whigs and Locofocos (Democrats) in Congress and relationship of Congress to President Tyler; Tariff Bill and expected Presidential veto.
Title: Letter to William Collamer, January 19, 1859
Creator: Collamer, Jacob, 1791-1865
Date: 1859-01-19
Resource type: letter
Letter to son. Topics include Tariff; Pacific Rail Road; African Slave Trade; Amistad; Vermont State House; mailing of government documents by Collamer; Joint Resolution introduced by Senator Solomon Foot (VT) on bounty land law; Bankruptcy Bill.
Creator: Morrill, Justin S. (Justin Smith), 1810-1898.
Date: 1869-01-14
Resource type: speech
Creator: Morrill, Justin S. (Justin Smith), 1810-1898.
Date: 1896-06-02
Resource type: speech
Creator: Morrill, Justin S. (Justin Smith), 1810-1898.
Date: 1883-01-10
Resource type: speech
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