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Letters Home From Congress

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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

Congressional Papers

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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Title:   Warren R. Austin letter to Mrs. C.G. (Ann) Austin, December 27, 1940

Creator:  Austin, Warren Robinson, 1877-1962

Date:  1940-12-27

Resource type:   text

Topics include start of the 77th Congress and Republican leadership posts in the Senate; Austin's duties as Assistant Minority Leader.


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Title:   Warren R. Austin letter to Mrs. C.G. (Ann) Austin, December 30, 1940

Creator:  Austin, Warren Robinson, 1877-1962

Date:  1940-12-30

Resource type:   text

Topics include confirmation of an appointment to the Court of Claims.


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Title:   Warren R. Austin letter to Mrs. C.G. (Ann) Austin, February 11, 1941

Creator:  Austin, Warren Robinson, 1877-1962

Date:  1940-02-11

Resource type:   text

Topics include Wendell Wilkie speech.


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Title:   Warren R. Austin letter to Mrs. C.G. (Ann) Austin, January 11, 1932

Creator:  Austin, Warren Robinson, 1877-1962

Date:  1932-01-11

Resource type:   text

Resource type:   letters

Topics include Memorial to Senator Greene; political speeches; inefficiency of the Senate.


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Title:   Warren R. Austin letter to Mrs. C.G. (Ann) Austin, January 4, 1941

Creator:  Austin, Warren Robinson, 1877-1962

Date:  1941-01-04

Resource type:   text

Topics include start of the 77th Congress and Republican leadership posts in the Senate.


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Title:   Warren R. Austin letter to Mrs. C.G. (Ann) Austin, May 13, 1941

Creator:  Austin, Warren Robinson, 1877-1962

Date:  1940-05-13

Resource type:   text

Topics include debate over vacant West Virginia seat in the Senate.


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Title:   Warren R. Austin letter to Mrs. C.G. (Ann) Austin, May 14, 1941

Creator:  Austin, Warren Robinson, 1877-1962

Date:  1931-05-14

Resource type:   text

Topics include debate over vacant West Virginia seat in the Senate; bill to authorize acquisition of foreign ships in our harbors.


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Title:   Warren R. Austin letter to Mrs. C.G. (Ann) Austin, May 19, 1941

Creator:  Austin, Warren Robinson, 1877-1962

Date:  1940-05-19

Resource type:   text

Topics include appropriations bill and monopolies.


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Title:   Warren R. Austin letter to Mrs. C.G. (Ann) Austin, May 3, 1941

Creator:  Austin, Warren Robinson, 1877-1962

Date:  1940-05-03

Resource type:   text

Resource type:   letter

Topics include Minister of Foreign Affairs of China.


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Title:   Warren R. Austin letter to Mrs. C.G. (Ann) Austin, May 5, 1941

Creator:  Austin, Warren Robinson, 1877-1962

Date:  1940-05-05

Resource type:   text

Topics include subsidy for the Telman Brothers to start an airmail route.


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Title:   Warren R. Austin letter to Mrs. C.G. (Ann) Austin, May 7, 1941

Creator:  Austin, Warren Robinson, 1877-1962

Date:  1940-05-07

Resource type:   text

Topics include appropriation for trans-Atlantic airmail.


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Title:   Warren R. Austin letter to Mrs. C.G. (Ann) Austin, May 9, 1941

Creator:  Austin, Warren Robinson, 1877-1962

Date:  1940-05-09

Resource type:   text

Topics include debate over vacant West Virginia seat in the Senate.


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Title:   Warren R. Austin letter to Mrs. C.G. (Ann) Austin, November 20, 1940

Creator:  Austin, Warren Robinson, 1877-1962

Date:  1940-11-20

Resource type:   text

Topics include Walter-Logan Bill.


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Title:   Warren R. Austin letter to Mrs. C.G. (Ann) Austin, November 25, 1940

Creator:  Austin, Warren Robinson, 1877-1962

Date:  1940-11-25

Resource type:   text

Topics include Walter-Logan Bill.


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Title:   Warren R. Austin letter to Mrs. C.G. (Ann) Austin, November 7, 1940

Creator:  Austin, Warren Robinson, 1877-1962

Date:  1940-11-07

Resource type:   text

Topics include election results.


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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.


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Title:   Warren R. Austin letter to Mrs. C.G. (Ann) Austin, October 1, 1940

Creator:  Austin, Warren Robinson, 1877-1962

Date:  1940-10-02

Resource type:   text

Topics include Austin's duties as Assistant Minority Leader; Wool Labeling Bill.


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Title:   Warren R. Austin letter to Mrs. C.G. (Ann) Austin, October 4, 1940

Creator:  Austin, Warren Robinson, 1877-1962

Date:  1940-10-04

Resource type:   text

Topics include Austin's duties as Assistant Minority Leader; Wool Labeling Bill.


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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.


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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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Title:   Warren R. Austin letter to Mrs. C.G. (Ann) Austin, September 24, 1940

Creator:  Austin, Warren Robinson, 1877-1962

Date:  1940-09-24

Resource type:   text

Topics include Senator Burke (NE); term limits.


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Title:   Warren R. Austin letter to Mrs. C.G. (Ann) Austin, September 26, 1940

Creator:  Austin, Warren Robinson, 1877-1962

Date:  1940-09-26

Resource type:   text

Topics include Austin's successful request for President Roosevelt to appoint an Emergency Board to look at the labor disagreement with the Rutland Railroad; conference report on the Transportation Bill.


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Title:   Warren R. Austin letter to Mrs. C.G. (Ann) Austin, September 26, 1940

Creator:  Austin, Warren Robinson, 1877-1962

Date:  1940-09-26

Resource type:   text

Topics include Civil Service Bill; Nationality Code.


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Title:   Warren R. and Mildred Austin letter to Mrs. C.G. (Ann) Austin, Bob, and Edward, January 10, 1938

Creator:  Austin, Warren Robinson, 1877-1962

Date:  1938-01-10

Resource type:   text

Resource type:   letter

Topics include labor strikes; lengthy report of a trip by a group of Senators to Puerto Rico.


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Title:   What Republicans Can Do About It: Radio Speech of Senator Warren R. Austin, February 12, 1938.

Creator:  Austin, Warren Robinson, 1877-1962

Date:  1938-02-12

Resource type:   text

Resource type:   letter