Moon, John Austin 1855-1921 creator mixed material monographic eng 50 10 1 2.5 Correspondence, notes, financial records, scrapbooks, and other papers relating chiefly to Moon's service as U.S. representative from Tennessee including his activities as a member of the U.S. House Committee on Post Office and Post Roads. Subjects include legislation concerning parcel post, Tennessee River Valley public works, federal aid in construction of public roads, the Organic Act of Hawaii (1900), and other territorial legislation. Includes material pertaining to Moon's years as a junior member of the law firm of Dodson & Moon, Chattanooga, Tenn.; city attorney, Chattanooga, Tenn.; and Tennessee circuit court judge. Also includes account ledgers of Moon's grandfather Austin M. Appling, merchant of Chattanooga, Tenn., and Bristol, Va.; letters from persons living in Indian Territory in support of legislation sponsored by Moon that would grant statehood to the territory; and newspaper clippings concerning the Tennessee Supreme Court. Open to research. Lawyer, jurist, and U.S. representative from Tennessee. Collection material in English. Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms012050 Chattanooga (Tenn.). City Attorney. Hawaii. Tennessee. Supreme Court. United States. Congress. House. Committee on Post Office and Post Roads. United States. Post Office Department. Dodson & Moon. Circuit courts Tennessee Federal aid to transportation Indians of North America Government relations Law United States Territories and possessions Merchants Virginia Bristol Parcel post United States Postal service United States Practice of law Tennessee Chattanooga Public works Tennessee River Valley Roads United States Bristol (Va.) Commerce Chattanooga (Tenn.) Commerce Indian Territory Politics and government Tennessee Politics and government United States Politics and government 1865-1933 United States Territories and possessions Jurists Lawyers Representatives, U.S. Congress Appling, Austin M. (Austin Maurice), 1794- mm 79033282 hdl:loc.mss/eadmss.ms012050 hdl:loc.mss/eadmss.ms012050.3 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms012050 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms012050.3 Open to research. DLC 790726 20260227111656.0 mm 79033282