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 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 minority Senator 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
Time Period Covered: 1818-1941
Parent Collections
Related Archival Collection(s)
Warren R. Austin Collection
Crafts Family Collection
Collamer Family Papers
Published: September 12, 2006, University of Vermont, Bailey/Howe Library, Special Collections
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- Taxation -- Law and legislation -- United States [10]
- Taxation of bonds, securities, etc. -- United States [3]
- Frazier, Lynn J. (Lynn Joseph), 1874-1947 [2]
- Aeronautics -- Law and legislation -- United States [1]
- Air pilots -- United States [1]
- Thomas Jefferson Memorial (Washington, D.C.) [1]
- United States -- Officials and employees -- Political activity. [1]
- United States. Act to Prevent Pernicious Political Activities. [1]
- United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Military Affairs [1]
- United States. Dept. of Agriculture -- Appropriations and expenditures. [1]
- United States. Supreme Court -- Officials and employees -- Selection and appointment [1]
- Willkie, Wendell L. (Wendell Lewis), 1892-1944 [1]
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Title: Letter to Mrs. C.G. (Ann) Austin, April 4, 1939
Creator: Austin, Warren Robinson, 1877-1962
Date: 1939-04-04
Resource type: text
Resource type: letter
Topics include Danby, Vermont Marble to be used in Jefferson Memorial; bill waiving immunity of Federal officers from taxation; speech by Senator Frazier (ND) about confirmation of William Douglas to the Supreme Court.
Title: Letter to Mrs. C.G. (Ann) Austin, April 8, 1938
Creator: Austin, Warren Robinson, 1877-1962
Date: 1938-04-08
Resource type: text
Resource type: letter
Topics include speech by Senator Frazier and Austin's opinion of the tax bill.
Title: Letter to Mrs. C.G. (Ann) Austin, February 10, 1939
Creator: Austin, Warren Robinson, 1877-1962
Date: 1939-02-10
Resource type: text
Resource type: letter
Topics include Military Affairs Committee and Austin's motion to open hearings to the public; Special Finance Committee on Taxation of Public Securities.
Title: Letter to Mrs. C.G. (Ann) Austin, January 28, 1939
Creator: Austin, Warren Robinson, 1877-1962
Date: 1939-01-28
Resource type: text
Resource type: letter
Topics include close vote on a bill that in Austin's opinion shows an effort to prevent increased taxes.
Title: Letter to Mrs. C.G. (Ann) Austin, June 15, 1939
Creator: Austin, Warren Robinson, 1877-1962
Date: 1939-06-15
Resource type: text
Resource type: letter
Topics include taxes and social security; training of civil aircraft pilots.
Title: Letter to Mrs. C.G. (Ann) Austin, June 19, 1940
Creator: Austin, Warren Robinson, 1877-1962
Date: 1940-06-19
Resource type: text
Resource type: letter
Topics include tax bill.
Title: Letter to Mrs. C.G. (Ann) Austin, March 18, 1940
Creator: Austin, Warren Robinson, 1877-1962
Date: 1940-03-18
Resource type: text
Resource type: letter
Topics include debate over Hatch Bill to provide against pernicious political activities; appropriations for agriculture; Trade Treaty Bill; Bill to remove immunity of government securities from taxation.
Title: Warren R. Austin letter to Mrs. C.G. (Ann) Austin, October 1, 1940
Creator: Austin, Warren Robinson, 1877-1962
Date: 1940-10-01
Resource type: text
Topics include House action on the tax bill; speech by Wendell Wilkie.
Title: Warren R. Austin letter to Mrs. C.G. (Ann) Austin, September 17, 1940
Creator: Austin, Warren Robinson, 1877-1962
Date: 1940-09-17
Resource type: text
Topics include debate over the immunity of state and municipal bonds from Federal taxation.
Title: Warren R. Austin letter to Mrs. C.G. (Ann) Austin, September 20, 1940
Creator: Austin, Warren Robinson, 1877-1962
Date: 1940-09-20
Resource type: text
Topics include the immunity of state and municipal bonds from Federal taxation.
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