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040 _aDLC
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_cDLC
_dDLC
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_2lcmd
100 1 _aMoon, John Austin,
_d1855-1921.
245 0 0 _aJohn Austin Moon papers,
_f1832-1921
_g(bulk 1860-1921).
300 _a50
_fitems.
300 _a10
_fcontainers plus
_a1
_foversize.
300 _a2.5
_flinear feet.
506 0 _aOpen to research.
520 8 _aCorrespondence, 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.
545 0 _aLawyer, jurist, and U.S. representative from Tennessee.
546 _aCollection material in English.
555 8 _aFinding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at
_uhttp://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms012050
610 1 0 _aChattanooga (Tenn.).
_bCity Attorney.
610 1 0 _aHawaii.
_tOrganic Act.
610 1 0 _aTennessee.
_bSupreme Court.
610 1 0 _aUnited States.
_bCongress.
_bHouse.
_bCommittee on Post Office and Post Roads.
610 1 0 _aUnited States.
_bPost Office Department.
610 2 0 _aDodson & Moon.
651 0 _aCircuit courts
_zTennessee.
650 0 _aFederal aid to transportation.
650 0 _aIndians of North America
_xGovernment relations.
650 0 _aLaw
_zUnited States
_xTerritories and possessions.
650 0 _aMerchants
_zVirginia
_zBristol.
650 0 _aParcel post
_zUnited States.
650 0 _aPostal service
_zUnited States.
650 0 _aPractice of law
_zTennessee
_zChattanooga.
650 0 _aPublic works
_zTennessee River Valley.
650 0 _aRoads
_zUnited States.
651 0 _aBristol (Va.)
_xCommerce.
651 0 _aChattanooga (Tenn.)
_xCommerce.
651 0 _aIndian Territory
_xPolitics and government.
651 0 _aTennessee
_xPolitics and government.
651 0 _aUnited States
_xPolitics and government
_y1865-1933.
651 0 _aUnited States
_xTerritories and possessions.
656 7 _aJurists.
_2itoamc
656 7 _aLawyers.
_2itoamc
656 7 _aRepresentatives, U.S. Congress
_zTennessee.
_2itoamc
700 1 _aAppling, Austin M.
_q(Austin Maurice),
_d1794-
_tAustin M. Appling account ledgers.
_f1832-1862.
856 4 _3Finding aid
_uhttp://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms012050
856 4 _3Finding aid (PDF)
_uhttp://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms012050.3
999 _c42271
_d42271