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- Letter to Col. Joseph Scott, March 23, 1820
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Topics include soldiers pensions; Federal deficit; duel between Commodore Stephen Decatur and Commodore James Barron resulting in the death of Decatur.
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- Letter to Doctor Eli Todd, January 30, 1820
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Letter to brother-in-law. Topics include Federal deficit; debate over Missouri.
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- Letter to Eunice Todd Crafts, December 10, 1820
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Letter to wife. Topics include question of Missouri's acceptance into the United States by Congress and split between Northern and Southern members; federal deficit and consideration of reduction of pay for government employees; social life; invitation to dine at President James Monroe's.
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- Letter to Eunice Todd Crafts, March 12, 1820
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Letter to wife. Topics include Missouri and slavery; Federal deficit and Government spending; Representative Henry W. Edwards (CT) and the Connecticut delegation; Representative Timothy Pitkin (CT); Representative Samuel B. Sherwood (CT)
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- Letter to Eunice Todd Crafts, November 19, 1820
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Letter to wife. Topics include travel; boarding houses; Senator William Palmer (VT), Representative Charles Rich (VT), Judge Livermore (NH), Mr. Phelps & Mr. Stevens of Connecticut; election of Speaker of the House; constitution of Missouri & slavery.
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- Letter to Mary Collamer, February 2, 1845
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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.
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- Letter to Mrs. C.G. (Ann) Austin, April 08, 1933
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Topics include Emergency Farm Mortgage Act; Presidential power; Agricultural Colleges; Extension Service; Industrial Education.
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- Letter to Mrs. C.G. (Ann) Austin, April 25, 1940
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Topics include centralization of power in the Federal government; President Roosevelt's Reorganization Bill.
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- Letter to Mrs. C.G. (Ann) Austin, April 26, 1938
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Topics include speech by Senator Borah on the Big Navy Bill; bankruptcy bill; railroad bill.
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- Letter to Mrs. C.G. (Ann) Austin, April 3, 1939
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Topics include Railroad legislation and the Interstate Commerce Commission law; Senator Bankhead's Cotton Subsidy Bill.
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- Letter to Mrs. C.G. (Ann) Austin, April 4, 1940
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Topics include defeat of Senator O'Mahoney (WY) amendment on customs duties and import restrictions; Trade Treaty Bill.
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- Letter to Mrs. C.G. (Ann) Austin, February 10, 1939
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Topics include Military Affairs Committee and Austin's motion to open hearings to the public; Special Finance Committee on Taxation of Public Securities.
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- Letter to Mrs. C.G. (Ann) Austin, February 24, 1939
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Topics include Military Affairs Committee vote on the Stock Pile Bill; letters received by Austin in support of his stand on foreign policy and defense.
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- Letter to Mrs. C.G. (Ann) Austin, February 9, 1938
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Topics include filibuster of Anti-Lynching Bill; sub-committee work on constitutional amendments, changes in the judiciary system, immigration, appointment of N.J. Senator, and equal rights of women.
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- Letter to Mrs. C.G. (Ann) Austin, January 14, 1933
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Topics include; liquor question; birth control; appropriations.
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- Letter to Mrs. C.G. (Ann) Austin, July 30, 1940
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Topics include bill to authorize the President to call the National Guard for Federal Service for a year; bill for compulsory military training and service; bill for railroad unemployment insurance.
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- Letter to Mrs. C.G. (Ann) Austin, June 1, 1939
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Topics include debate over bill to increase the limit on the authority to issue bonds and borrow money.
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- Letter to Mrs. C.G. (Ann) Austin, June 15, 1938
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Topics include flood control bill and Federal government power.
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- Letter to Mrs. C.G. (Ann) Austin, June 15, 1939
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Topics include taxes and social security; training of civil aircraft pilots.
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- Letter to Mrs. C.G. (Ann) Austin, June 21, 1939
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Topics include speech by Senator Thomas (OH) on the power of the President to devalue the dollar.