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- Letter to Benjamin Clark, February 21, 1818
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Topics include activities of a Congressman; constituent business; imports and export imbalance and its effect on currency and the national debt.
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- Letter to Eunice Todd Crafts, December 19, 1818
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Letter to wife. Topics include health of Crafts family; social life and visiting etiquette; boarding houses.
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- Letter to Eunice Todd Crafts, January 1, 1819
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Letter to wife. Topics include activities of a Congressman; constituent business; death of Representative George Mumford (NC); society events hosted by the President, and the British and French ministers.
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- Letter to Samuel P. Crafts, January 23, 1819
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Letter to son. Topics include National Intelligencer; debate over censure of General Andrew Jackson over his engagement of the war in Florida.
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- Letter to Eunice Todd Crafts, February 6, 1819
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Letter to wife. Topics include duel between General Mason and Captain McCarty of Virginia over a political quarrel resulting in the death of General Mason; debate over censure of General Andrew Jackson over his engagement of the war in Florida.
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- Letter to Eunice Todd Crafts, December 7, 1819
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Letter to wife. Topics include boarding houses; new House chambers and difficulty of hearing speakers.
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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 Samuel P. Crafts, February 2, 1820
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Letter to son. Topics include Missouri and slavery; includes a sketch by Crafts of Missouri and surrounding area.
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- Letter to Eunice Todd Crafts, February 20, 1820
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Letter to wife. Topics include speeches in the House about Missouri.
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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 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 Samuel P. Crafts, March 25, 1820
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Letter to son. Topics include mail robbery north of Baltimore; duel between Commodore Stephen Decatur and Commodore James Barron resulting in the death of Decatur; Decatur's funeral.
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- Letter to Eunice Todd Crafts, March 26, 1820
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Letter to wife. Topics include mail robbery north of Baltimore; duel between Commodore Stephen Decatur and Commodore James Barron resulting in the death of Decatur; Decatur's funeral.
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- Letter to Col. Joseph Scott, April 9, 1820
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Topics include Spanish war; Florida and slavery; Representative Henry Clay's (KY) aspirations to become President after President James Monroe; Secretary of State John Quincy Adams; Representative Joel Crawford (GA).
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- Letter to Eunice Todd Crafts, April 15, 1820
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Letter to wife. Topics include proposed raising of import duties on Canada.
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- Letter to Eunice Todd Crafts, April 30, 1820
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Letter to wife. Topics include negotiations with Spain.
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- Letter to Eunice Todd Crafts, May 8, 1820
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Letter to wife. Topics include adjournment of Congress.
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- Letter to Eunice Todd Crafts, November 12, 1820
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Letter to wife. Topics include traveling to Washington; members of Congress arriving in Washington; boarding houses.
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- Letter to Samuel P. Crafts, November 19, 1820
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Letter to son. Topics include traveling to Washington; election of a Speaker of the House to replace Representative Henry Clay (KY) held up by split between northern and southern Representatives on slavery question; constitution of Missouri and slavery
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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.