Letters Home From Congress
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
Time Period Covered: 1818-1941
Parent Collections
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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Creator(s)
- Austin, Warren Robinson, 1877-1962 [339]
- Crafts, Samuel Chandler, 1768-1853 [64]
- Collamer, Jacob, 1791-1865 [40]
Contributor(s)
Place(s)
- United States [5]
- Washington, D.C. [3]
- Burlington, Vermont [2]
- California. [2]
- Cleveland (Ohio) [1]
- West Virginia [1]
Format(s)
- text [106]
Genre(s)
Topic(s)
- Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945 [38]
- United States. Supreme Court [21]
- Executive departments -- United States -- Reorganization. [18]
- Tariff -- United States [17]
- United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary [17]
- United States. Supreme Court -- Officials and employees -- Selection and appointment [13]
- Executive power -- United States [12]
- Washington (D.C.) -- Social life and customs [12]
- Democratic Party (U.S.) [11]
- United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Military Affairs [11]
- Missouri compromise [10]
- Taxation -- Law and legislation -- United States [10]
- United States. Congress -- Constituent communication [10]
- Air mail service -- United States. [9]
- Draft -- Law and legislation -- United States [9]
- Lynching -- Law and legislation -- United States [9]
- United States -- Defenses -- Law and legislation [9]
- United States -- Defenses. [9]
- United States. Army -- Recruiting, enlistment, etc. -- World War, 1939-1945. [9]
- United States. Congress. Senate -- Minority leaders [9]
- Boardinghouses -- Washington (D.C.) [8]
- Borah, William Edgar, 1865-1940 [8]
- Whig Party (U.S.) [8]
- Adams, John Quincy, 1767-1848 [7]
- Bankruptcy -- Law and legislation -- United States [7]
- Federal government -- United States [7]
- Railroad law -- United States [7]
- United States -- Foreign relations -- 1933-1945 [7]
- Willkie, Wendell L. (Wendell Lewis), 1892-1944 [7]
- Great Britain. Treaties, etc. United States, 1842 Aug. 9 [6]
- Jackson, Robert Houghwout, 1892-1954. [6]
- Republican National Convention (1940 : Philadelphia, Pa.) [6]
- United States. Congress -- Powers and duties. [6]
- United States. Solicitor General. [6]
- Aiken, George D. (George David), 1892-1984 [5]
- Clay, Henry, 1777-1852 [5]
- Commercial treaties -- United States. [5]
- Debts, Public -- United States [5]
- Dueling [5]
- Foot, Solomon, 1802-1866. [5]
- Hoover, Herbert, 1874-1964. [5]
- Hours of labor -- Law and legislation -- United States [5]
- Jackson, Andrew, 1767-1845. [5]
- Kansas -- Politics and government -- 1854-1861 [5]
- McCarran, Pat, 1876-1954 [5]
- Public lands -- United States [5]
- Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- ) [5]
- Taft, Robert A. (Robert Alphonso), 1889-1953 [5]
- Tennessee Valley Authority [5]
- United States -- Officials and employees -- Political activity. [5]
- United States -- appropriations and expenditures [5]
- United States. Act to Prevent Pernicious Political Activities. [5]
- United States. War Dept. -- Appropriations and expenditures [5]
- Agricultural colleges. [4]
- Block booking. [4]
- Embargo [4]
- Government lending -- United States [4]
- Hopkins, Harry Lloyd, 1890-1946 [4]
- Knox, Frank, 1874-1944 [4]
- Monetary policy -- United States [4]
- Monroe, James, 1758-1831 [4]
- Murphy, Frank, 1890-1949 [4]
- Norris, George W. (George William), 1861-1944 [4]
- O'Mahoney, Joseph C. (Joseph Christopher), 1884-1962 [4]
- Polk, James K. (James Knox), 1795-1849 [4]
- Seminole War, 1st, 1817-1818 [4]
- Transportation -- Law and legislation -- United States [4]
- United States -- Congress -- House -- Election districts. [4]
- United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Foreign Relations [4]
- United States. Dept. of Commerce. Office of the Secretary [4]
- United States. Extension Service. [4]
- United States. Navy -- Appropriations and expenditures [4]
- Vocational education -- United States. [4]
- Wheeler, Burton K. (Burton Kendall), 1882-1975 [4]
- Adams, Alva Blanchard, b. 1875 [3]
- Agricultural credit -- Law and legislation --United States [3]
- Agricultural laws and legislation -- United States [3]
- Barron, James, 1769-1851 [3]
- Bridges, Styles, 1898-1961 [3]
- Buchanan, James, 1791-1868. [3]
- Burke, Thomas A. (Thomas Aloysius), 1898-1971 [3]
- Byrnes, James F. (James Francis), 1882-1972 [3]
- Cabinet officers -- United States. [3]
- Calhoun, John C. (John Caldwell), 1782-1850 [3]
- Crawford, William Harris, 1772-1834 [3]
- Decatur, Stephen, 1779-1820. [3]
- Devaluation of currency -- United States. [3]
- Equal rights amendments -- United States [3]
- Executive departments -- United States [3]
- Filibusters [3]
- Foreign exchange -- United States [3]
- Hatch, Carl Atwood, 1889-1963 [3]
- Hull, Cordell, 1871-1955. [3]
- Jackson, Andrew, 1767-1845 -- Anniversaries, etc. [3]
- Judicial review of administrative acts [3]
- Landon, Alfred M. (Alfred Mossman), 1887-1987 [3]
- Lewis, James Hamilton, 1863-1939 [3]
- Library of Congress [3]
- Logan, Marvel Mills, 1875-1939. [3]
- MacLeish, Archibald, 1892- [3]
- Marsh, George Perkins, 1801-1882 [3]
- McNary, Charles Linza, 1874-1944 [3]
- Monopolies -- United States [3]
- Railroad travel [3]
- Republican National Convention (21st : 1936 : Cleveland, Ohio) [3]
- Sequoia (Yacht). [3]
- Speeches, addresses, etc., American [3]
- Tariff -- United States -- Speeches in Congress [3]
- Taxation of bonds, securities, etc. -- United States [3]
- Texas -- Annexation to the United States [3]
- Tobey, Charls W. (Charles William), 1880-1953 [3]
- United States -- History -- War of 1812 -- Finance. [3]
- United States. Congress. Senate. [3]
- United States. President (1929-1933 : Hoover) [3]
- United States. War Dept. [3]
- United States. Work Projects Administration -- Appropriations and expenditures. [3]
- Vermont -- Claims vs. United States. [3]
- Walter, Francis E. (Francis Eugene), 1894-1963 [3]
- World War, 1939-1945 [3]
- Agricultural subsidies -- United States [2]
- Air travel [2]
- Allen, Ethan, 1738-1789. [2]
- Ashburton, Alexander Baring, Baron, 1774-1848. [2]
- Bankhead, John Hollis, 1872-1946 [2]
- Brown, John, 1800-1859. [2]
- China -- Foreign relations -- United States [2]
- Claims -- Drier vs. Germany. [2]
- Corporation law -- United States. [2]
- Cotton trade -- United States [2]
- Courts -- United States. [2]
- Davis, James J. (James John), 1873-1947 [2]
- Drier, Katherine (McNider), Mrs. [2]
- Election law -- United States [2]
- Elections -- United States -- 1824. [2]
- Executive-legislative relations. [2]
- Flood control -- Law and legislation -- United States [2]
- Fourth of July celebrations [2]
- Frazier, Lynn J. (Lynn Joseph), 1874-1947 [2]
- Gibson, Ernest Willard, 1872-1940 [2]
- Gold clause -- United States. [2]
- Harrison, Pat, 1881-1941 [2]
- Holt, Rush Dew, 1905-1955 [2]
- Housing -- Law and legislation -- United States [2]
- Import quotas [2]
- Japan -- Commerce -- United States. [2]
- Lafayette, Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert Du Motier, marquis de, 1757-1834 [2]
- Lee, Joshua Bryan, 1892-1967 [2]
- Long, Huey Pierce, 1893-1935 [2]
- Military bases -- Law and legislation -- United States [2]
- Military supplies -- United States [2]
- Morrill, Justin S. (Justin Smith), 1810-1898 [2]
- Navy-yards and naval stations -- United States [2]
- Neely, Matthew Mansfield, 1874-1958 [2]
- Panama Canal (Panama) [2]
- Phelps, Samuel Shethar, 1793-1855 [2]
- Pierce, Franklin, 1804-1869. [2]
- Presidential yachts -- United States. [2]
- Princeton (Steamship) [2]
- Puerto Rico [2]
- Randolph, John, 1773-1833 [2]
- Raw materials -- Law and legislation -- United States. [2]
- Silver question [2]
- Stimson, Henry Lewis, 1867-1950 [2]
- Strikes and lockouts -- Railroads -- United States [2]
- Tariff on wool [2]
- Tydings, Millard E. (Millard Evelyn), 1890-1961 [2]
- United States -- Commerce -- Japan. [2]
- United States -- Commercial treaties -- Japan [2]
- United States -- Foreign relations [2]
- United States -- Foreign relations -- China [2]
- United States. Agricultural Adjustment Administration [2]
- United States. Attorney-General. [2]
- United States. Congress (77th, 1st session : 1941-1942) [2]
- United States. Congress -- Rules and practice [2]
- United States. Congress -- Salaries, etc. [2]
- United States. Congress. Conference Committees. [2]
- United States. Dept. of the Treasury [2]
- United States. Interstate Commerce Commission [2]
- United States. National Guard [2]
- United States. Navy. [2]
- United States. Patent Office. [2]
- United States. Post Office Dept. -- Appropriations and expenditures. [2]
- United States. Tariff Act of 1930. [2]
- Vandenberg, Arthur H. (Arthur Hendrick), 1884-1951 [2]
- Veto -- United States [2]
- Webster, Daniel, 1782-1852 [2]
- Wool -- Labeling -- Law and legislation -- United States [2]
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- France. [2]
- Aberdeen Proving Ground (Md.) [1]
- Administrative courts -- United States. [1]
- Aeronautics -- Law and legislation -- United States [1]
- Aeronautics -- United States [1]
- Aeronautics -- Vermont [1]
- Aeronautics, Military --United States [1]
- Agriculture -- Economic aspects -- United States. [1]
- Air pilots -- United States [1]
- Alcohol -- Law and legislation -- United States. [1]
- Amistad (Schooner) [1]
- Angary, Right of. [1]
- Antislavery movements -- United States [1]
- Ashurst, Henry Fountain, 1874-1962 [1]
- Austin, Warren Robinson, 1877-1962 [1]
- Bankruptcy -- United States. [1]
- Banks, Nathaniel Prentiss, 1816-1894 [1]
- Barkley, Alben William, 1877-1956 [1]
- Berrien, John MacPherson, 1781-1856 [1]
- Bilbo, Theodore Gilmore, 1877-1947 [1]
- Billings, Frederick, 1823-1890. [1]
- Bingham, Hiram, 1875-1956 [1]
- Birth control -- Law and legislation -- United States. [1]
- Black, Hugo LaFayette, 1886-1971 [1]
- Blaine, John J. (John James), 1875-1934. [1]
- Bliss, Robert Woods, 1875-1962 [1]
- Bonds -- Law and legislation -- United States [1]
- Borah, William Edgar, 1865-1940 -- Death and burial. [1]
- Borrowing and lending -- Law and legislation -- United States [1]
- Bounties, Military -- United States. [1]
- Brown, Jacob, 1775-1828 [1]
- Budget -- United States. [1]
- Burwell, William A. (William Armisted), 1780-1821 [1]
- Byron, George Gordon Byron, Baron, 1788-1824. [1]
- Chipman, John Smith, 1800-1869 [1]
- Christy, Howard Chandler, 1873-1952 [1]
- Citizenship -- United States. [1]
- Civil service [1]
- Civil service -- United States [1]
- Clark, Bennett Champ, 1890-1954 [1]
- Clark, Charles Edward, 1889-1963 [1]
- Clark, Clarence D. (Clarence Don) [1]
- Coast defenses -- United States [1]
- Connally, Tom, 1877-1963 [1]
- Cookman, George G. (George Grimston), 1800-1841 [1]
- Cuban question -- To 1895. [1]
- Defense contracts -- United States [1]
- Defense industries -- United States [1]
- Dewey, Thomas E. (Thomas Edmund), 1902-1971 [1]
- Dixon, James, 1814-1873 [1]
- Douglas, Stephen Arnold, 1813-1861 [1]
- Douglas, William O. (William Orville), 1898-1980 [1]
- Downey, Sheridan, 1884-1961 [1]
- Economic sanctions, American [1]
- Edwards, Henry W. (Henry Waggaman), 1779-1847 [1]
- Elections -- Florida -- 1938 [1]
- Elections -- United States -- 1936 [1]
- Elections -- United States -- 1940 [1]
- Ellender, Allen Joseph, 1890-1972 [1]
- Employers' liability -- United States [1]
- Europe. [1]
- Evans, Josiah J. (Josiah James), 1786-1858. [1]
- Export-Import Bank of the United States [1]
- Farm mortgages -- United States. [1]
- Fort Adams (R.I. : Fort) [1]
- Frankfurter, Felix, 1882-1965 [1]
- Gallatin, A. E. (Albert Eugene), 1881-1952. [1]
- Garner, John Nance, 1868-1967 [1]
- Germany -- Foreign relations -- United States. [1]
- Gerry, Peter Goelet, 1879-1957 [1]
- Giddings, Joshua R. (Joshua Reed), 1795-1864 [1]
- Gilmer, Thomas W. (Thomas Walker), 1802-1844 [1]
- Glass, Carter, 1858-1946 [1]
- Gold -- Law and legislation -- United States [1]
- Government travel [1]
- Government travel -- Washington (D.C.) [1]
- Great Britain. Embassy (U.S.) [1]
- Greece -- History -- War of Independence, 1821-1829 [1]
- Green, Willis [1]
- Greene, Frank L. (Frank Lester), 1870-1930 [1]
- Guffey, Joseph F., 1870-1959 [1]
- Habsburg, Otto, 1912- [1]
- Henderson, John, 1795-1857 [1]
- Hitler, Adolf, 1889-1945 [1]
- Holmes, Edwin Ruthven, 1878- [1]
- Hours of labor -- Law and legislation --United States [1]
- Housing -- United States. [1]
- Hughes, Charles Evans, 1862-1948 [1]
- Influenza [1]
- Insurance, Unemployment -- United States. [1]
- Johnson, Edwin Carl, 1884-1970 [1]
- Johnson, Hiram, 1866-1945. [1]
- Judges -- Selection and appointment -- United States [1]
- Kantakuzen, Julia Grant, kniaginiï¸ a︡, 1876-1968. [1]
- Kennon, Beverley, 1793-1844 [1]
- La Follette, Robert M. (Robert Marion), 1895-1953. [1]
- Livermore, Arthur, 1766-1853 [1]
- Lynching -- Speeches in Congress [1]
- Maple sugar [1]
- Marble -- Vermont [1]
- Mason, Armistead Thompson, 1787-1819. [1]
- McCarty, John M. (John Mason), d. 1852. [1]
- McDuffie, George, 1790-1851 [1]
- McReynolds, James Clark, 1862-1946. [1]
- Meacham, James, 1810-1856 [1]
- Media -- Political aspects -- United States. [1]
- Merchant ships -- United States. [1]
- Metcalf, Jesse Houghton, 1860-1942. [1]
- Mexican War, 1846-1848 [1]
- Military pensions -- United States [1]
- Military pensions -- United States -- World War, 1914-1918. [1]
- Military supplies - United States [1]
- Military weapons [1]
- Milk trade [1]
- Mumford, George, d. 1818 [1]
- Naturalization -- United States. [1]
- New Deal, 1933-1939 [1]
- New Orleans, Battle of, New Orleans, La., 1815. [1]
- Nye, Gerald Prentice, 1892-1971 [1]
- Old Senate Chamber (United States Capitol, Washington, D.C.) [1]
- Oregon question [1]
- Paine, Charles, 1799-1853 [1]
- Palmer, William Adams, 1781-1860 [1]
- Panama -- Foreign relations -- United States. [1]
- Panay (Gunboat : PR-5) [1]
- Partridge, Alden, 1785-1854. [1]
- Peace [1]
- Pepper, Claude, 1900-1989 [1]
- Phelps, Elisha, 1779-1847 [1]
- Philippines -- Politics and government -- 1898-1935. [1]
- Pitkin, Timothy, 1766-1847. [1]
- Pittman, Key, 1872-1940 [1]
- Plumley, Charles Albert, 1875-1964 [1]
- Political corruption -- United States [1]
- Polk, Sarah Childress, 1803-1891 [1]
- Pope, James Pinckney, 1884-1966 [1]
- Post office buildings -- Vermont -- Barnard [1]
- Postmasters general [1]
- Powers, Hiram, 1805-1873. Greek slave [1]
- Presidents -- United States -- Election -- 1940 [1]
- Presidents -- United States -- Nomination. [1]
- Presidents--United States--Election--1932. [1]
- Primaries -- Iowa -- 1938. [1]
- Primaries -- Wisconsin -- 1940. [1]
- Proctor, Redfield, 1879- [1]
- Public buildings -- Washington (D.C.) [1]
- Railroads -- Salaries, pensions, etc. -- United States. [1]
- Railroads -- United States -- Economic conditions [1]
- Rayburn, Sam, 1882-1961 [1]
- Receivership [1]
- Reed, Stanley Forman, 1884-1980 [1]
- Revenue -- United States [1]
- Rich, Charles, 1771-1824 [1]
- Ritter, Halsted L. (Halsted Lockwood), b. 1868 [1]
- Robinson, Joseph Taylor, 1872-1937 [1]
- Roosevelt, Eleanor, 1884-1962. [1]
- Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945 -- Inauguration, 1933. [1]
- Sargent, John G. (John Garibaldi), 1860-1939 [1]
- Scott, Winfield, 1786-1866 [1]
- Securities, Tax-exempt -- Law and legislation -- United States. [1]
- Sheppard, Morris, 1875-1941 [1]
- Sherwood, Samuel Burr [1]
- Slave trade -- Africa [1]
- Slavery -- Florida [1]
- Smith, John Gregory, 1818-1891. [1]
- Social security -- Law and legislation [1]
- Soldiers -- Vermont [1]
- Somoza, Anastasio, 1925-1980 [1]
- Southard, Samuel L. (Samuel Lewis), 1787-1842. [1]
- Southey, Robert, 1774-1843. Vision of judgement. [1]
- Spain -- Foreign relations -- United States. [1]
- Stassen, Harold Edward, 1907- [1]
- Stevens, James, 1768-1835 [1]
- Strategic materials -- Law and legislation -- United States. [1]
- Taylor, William, 1788-1846. [1]
- Term limits (Public office) -- United States. [1]
- Thomas Jefferson Memorial (Washington, D.C.) [1]
- Thomas, William Aubrey, 1866-1951 [1]
- Thompson, Jacob, 1810-1885. [1]
- Townsend, John G., 1871-1964 [1]
- United States -- Armed Forces [1]
- United States -- Economic conditions -- 1918-1945 [1]
- United States -- Economic policy -- 1933-1945 [1]
- United States -- Foreign relations -- Germany. [1]
- United States -- Foreign relations -- Panama [1]
- United States -- Foreign relations -- Spain. [1]
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 [1]
- United States Naval Academy [1]
- United States. Civil Aeronautics Authority. Air Safety Board [1]
- United States. Congress -- Elections [1]
- United States. Congress. House -- Speakers [1]
- United States. Congress. House Buildings. [1]
- United States. Congress. House. Committee on Military Affairs. [1]
- United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Public Lands [1]
- United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Territories [1]
- United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Agriculture and Forestry [1]
- United States. Court of Appeals (District of Columbia Circuit) [1]
- United States. Court of Claims -- Officials and employees -- Selection and appointment [1]
- United States. Declaration of Independence [1]
- United States. Dept. of the Treasury -- Appropriations and expenditures. [1]
- United States. Dept. of the Treasury. Office of the Secretary [1]
- United States. Food and Drug Administration [1]
- United States. General Accounting Office [1]
- United States. National Labor Relations Board [1]
- United States. Navy Dept. [1]
- United States. Office of Indian Affairs -- Appropriations and expenditures. [1]
- United States. Pension Bureau [1]
- United States. Post Office Dept. [1]
- United States. Works Progress Administration [1]
- Upshur, A. P. (Abel Parker), 1790-1844. [1]
- Vermont State House (Montpelier, Vt.) [1]
- Wages -- Law and legislation -- United States [1]
- Wagner, Robert F. (Robert Ferdinand), 1877-1953 [1]
- Wallace, Henry Agard, 1888-1965. [1]
- Walsh, David I. (David Ignatius), 1872-1947 [1]
- Washington, George, 1732-1799. [1]
- Water -- Pollution -- United States [1]
- White House (Washington, D.C.) [1]
- Wickliffe, C. A. (Charles Anderson), 1788-1869 [1]
- Woodring, Harry Hines, 1887-1967 [1]
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Denmark. [1]
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- English Channel Region. [1]
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Norway. [1]
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Claims [1]
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Germany. [1]
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Italy. [1]
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Pacific Area [1]
- World War, 1939-1945-- Campaigns -- Netherlands. [1]
- Yosemite [1]
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Title: Letter to Eunice Todd Crafts, February 6, 1819
Creator: Crafts, Samuel Chandler, 1768-1853
Date: 1819-02-06
Resource type: text
Resource type: letter
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.
Title: Letter to Eunice Todd Crafts, January 1, 1819
Creator: Crafts, Samuel Chandler, 1768-1853
Date: 1819-01-01
Resource type: text
Resource type: letter
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.
Title: Letter to Eunice Todd Crafts, January 22, 1821
Creator: Crafts, Samuel Chandler, 1768-1853
Date: 1821-01-22
Resource type: text
Resource type: letter
Letter to wife. Topics include health of son Samuel P. Crafts; health of residents of Crafts' boarding house in Washington, DC; health of members of Congress, with four dead.
Title: Letter to Eunice Todd Crafts, March 12, 1820
Creator: Crafts, Samuel Chandler, 1768-1853
Date: 1820-03-12
Resource type: text
Resource type: letter
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)
Title: Letter to Eunice Todd Crafts, March 26, 1820
Creator: Crafts, Samuel Chandler, 1768-1853
Date: 1820-03-26
Resource type: text
Resource type: letter
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.
Title: Letter to Eunice Todd Crafts, May 8, 1820
Creator: Crafts, Samuel Chandler, 1768-1853
Date: 1820-05-08
Resource type: text
Resource type: letter
Letter to wife. Topics include adjournment of Congress.
Title: Letter to Eunice Todd Crafts, November 12, 1820
Creator: Crafts, Samuel Chandler, 1768-1853
Date: 1820-11-12
Resource type: text
Resource type: letter
Letter to wife. Topics include traveling to Washington; members of Congress arriving in Washington; boarding houses.
Title: Letter to Eunice Todd Crafts, November 19, 1820
Creator: Crafts, Samuel Chandler, 1768-1853
Date: 1820-11-19
Resource type: text
Resource type: letter
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.
Title: Letter to Eunice Todd Crafts, November 27, 1820
Creator: Crafts, Samuel Chandler, 1768-1853
Date: 1820-11-27
Resource type: text
Resource type: letter
Letter to wife. Topics include social life; parties hosted by Secretary of War John Calhoun and Secretary of State John Quincy Adams; President James Monroe.
Title: Letter to Harriet Johnson, April 7, 1844
Creator: Collamer, Jacob, 1791-1865
Date: 1844-04-07
Resource type: letter
Letter to daughter. Topics include social life of wives of congressmen; steam ship Princeton accident; Representative John Quincy Adams (MA); Representative Solomon Foot (VT); social life
Title: Letter to Harriet Johnson, June 20, 1848
Creator: Collamer, Jacob, 1791-1865
Date: 1848-06-20
Resource type: letter
Letter to daughter. Topics include Committee on Public Lands; visit of Frederick Billings.
Title: Letter to James A. Paddock, April 7, 1822
Creator: Crafts, Samuel Chandler, 1768-1853
Date: 1822-04-07
Resource type: text
Resource type: letter
Topics include newspaper coverage of Congress; length and slowness of current session.
Title: Letter to Mary Collamer, December 14, 1845
Creator: Collamer, Jacob, 1791-1865
Date: 1845-12-14
Resource type: letter
Letter to daughter. Topics include visit to the White House with Representative Solomon Foot (VT); Sarah Polk, wife of the President; Congressional prayer meetings.
Title: Letter to Mary Collamer, February 10, 1845
Creator: Collamer, Jacob, 1791-1865
Date: 1845-02-10
Resource type: letter
Letter to daughter. Topics include Whig and Democrat members of Congress; President James Polk; annexation of Texas.
Title: Letter to Mary Collamer, February 14, 1847
Creator: Collamer, Jacob, 1791-1865
Date: 1847-02-14
Resource type: letter
Letter to daughter. Topics include city crowded with people seeking military appointments; Senator John Calhoun (SC) and the Calhoun branch of the Democratic party; President James Polk.
Title: Letter to Mary Collamer, February 2, 1845
Creator: Collamer, Jacob, 1791-1865
Date: 1845-02-02
Resource type: letter
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.
Title: Letter to Mary Collamer, February 4, 1844
Creator: Collamer, Jacob, 1791-1865
Date: 1844-02-04
Resource type: letter
Letter to daughter. Topics include abolitionism; Representative Joshua Giddings (OH); Representative John Quincy Adams (MA); Democrats and Whigs; speech making in Congress.
Title: Letter to Mary Collamer, January 14 1844
Creator: Collamer, Jacob, 1791-1865
Date: 1844-01-14
Resource type: letter
Letter to wife. Topics include activities of a Congressman; constituent business at the General Post Office, the Treasury, the War or Navy Department, and the Patent Office; Congressional prayer meeting; social life.
Title: Letter to Mary Collamer, January 2, 1859
Creator: Collamer, Jacob, 1791-1865
Date: 1859-01-02
Resource type: letter
Letter to daughter. Topics include mailing of government documents and speeches by Collamer; new Senate chambers; social calls.
Title: Letter to Mary Collamer, January 24, 1847
Creator: Collamer, Jacob, 1791-1865
Date: 1847-01-24
Resource type: letter
Letter to daughter. Topics include Mexican-American War; President James Polk; General Zachary Taylor; General Winfield Scott.
Title: Letter to Mary Collamer, January 8, 1846
Creator: Collamer, Jacob, 1791-1865
Date: 1846-01-08
Resource type: letter
Letter to daughter. Topics include speeches about Oregon; Representative Solomon Foot (VT); constituent business, particularly in regard to pensions.
Title: Letter to Mary Hill, July 10, 1842
Creator: Crafts, Samuel Chandler, 1768-1853
Date: 1842-07-10
Resource type: text
Resource type: letter
Letter to daughter. Topics include attendance at Church meeting; heavy work load in the Senate, including committee work and constituent business.
Title: Letter to Mary N. Collamer, April 13, 1856
Creator: Collamer, Jacob, 1791-1865
Date: 1856-04-13
Resource type: letter
Letter to wife. Topics include speech by Collamer in the Senate on Kansas; practice of visiting home by members of Congress while in session.
Title: Letter to Mary N. Collamer, December 11, 1859
Creator: Collamer, Jacob, 1791-1865
Date: 1859-12-11
Resource type: letter
Letter to wife. Topics include President James Buchanan; Senator James Dixon (CT); John Brown; speeches in the House of Representatives.
Title: Letter to Mary N. Collamer, December 12, 1858
Creator: Collamer, Jacob, 1791-1865
Date: 1858-12-12
Resource type: letter
Letter to wife. Topics include constituent business; invitation to dinner from President James Buchanan; new Senate chambers; Pension Office.
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