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- Letter to Nathan and Mary Hill, December 11, 1842
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Letter to daughter and son-in-law. Topics include effect of severe weather on obtaining a quorum in the Senate; health of Senator Samuel Phelps (VT); church meeting preached by Dr. Nott, President of Union College, Schenectady, New York; boarding accommodations in Washington, DC.
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- Letter to Nathan and Mary Hill, August 7, 1842
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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...
Show moreLetter 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.
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- Letter to Nathan and Mary Hill, August 21, 1842
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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...
Show moreLetter 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.
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- Letter to Nathan and Mary Hill, August 14, 1842
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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...
Show moreLetter 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.
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- Letter to Nathan and Mary Hill, August 1, 1842
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Letter to daughter and son-in-law. Topics include enclosed seating chart of the Senate chamber with the seats of the members.
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- Letter to Nathan and Mary Hill, April 30, 1842
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Letter to daughter and son-in-law. Topics include traveling to Washington, DC from Craftsbury, Vermont; oath of office in the Senate; Senator Phelps (VT).
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- Letter to Mrs. C.G. (Ann) Austin, September 7, 1940
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Topics include Austin's efforts to help avert a railroad strike in Vermont.
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- Letter to Mrs. C.G. (Ann) Austin, September 5, 1940
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Topics include conference report on the Transportation Bill; island leases for military and naval bases.
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- Letter to Mrs. C.G. (Ann) Austin, September 4, 1940
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Topics include traveling to Washington by air; island leases for military and naval bases.
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- Letter to Mrs. C.G. (Ann) Austin, September 30, 1939
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Topics include response to constituents regarding foreign policy.
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- Letter to Mrs. C.G. (Ann) Austin, September 11, 1940
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Topics include Export Import Bank and an amendment by Senator Taft (OH); Aiken's primary win for Vermont Senate seat.
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- Letter to Mrs. C.G. (Ann) Austin, September 11, 1939
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Topics include inspection of Fort Adams.
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- Letter to Mrs. C.G. (Ann) Austin, October 9, 1939
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Topics include speech by Senator Downey (CA) on coast defenses.
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- Letter to Mrs. C.G. (Ann) Austin, October 26, 1939
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Topics include speech by Senator Neely (WV) on Hitler.
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- Letter to Mrs. C.G. (Ann) Austin, October 25, 1939
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Topics include embargo repeal and neutrality.
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- Letter to Mrs. C.G. (Ann) Austin, October 19, 1939
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Topics include speech by Senator McCarran (NV) on embargo repeal and neutrality.
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- Letter to Mrs. C.G. (Ann) Austin, October 18, 1933
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Topics include investigating appointments of Receivers in Bankruptcy by Federal judges in California.
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- Letter to Mrs. C.G. (Ann) Austin, October 14, 1937
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Topics include lunch with Herber Hoover; Austin's duties as Assistant Minority Leader.
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- Letter to Mrs. C.G. (Ann) Austin, October 11, 1939
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Topics include speech by Senator Clark (MO) on embargo repeal and neutrality.
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- Letter to Mrs. C.G. (Ann) Austin, October 10, 1939
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Topics include speech by Senator Wagner (NY); embargo repeal and neutrality.