Letters Home From Congress
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- Published
- September 12T04:00, 2006, University of Vermont, Bailey/Howe Library, Special Collections
- Contributors
- Austin, Warren Robinson, 1877-1962
- Collamer, Jacob, 1791-1865
- Crafts, Samuel Chandler, 1768-1853
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- Congressional Papers
- Related Print Collection(s)
- Warren R. Austin Collection
- Crafts Family Collection
- Collamer Family Papers
- Format(s)
- letter
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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
- Geographic Coverage
- United States
- Topics Covered
- Boardinghouses -- Washington (D.C.)
- Democratic Party (U.S.)
- Executive departments -- United States -- Reorganization.
- Executive power -- United States
- Lynching -- Law and legislation -- United States
- Missouri compromise
- Neutrality -- United States
- Slavery -- United States
- Tariff --United States
- Whig Party (U.S.)
- Time Period Covered
- 1818-1941