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Correspondence: Edward P. Moses to Zebulon Weaver, 1932

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Correspondence: Edward P. Moses to Zebulon Weaver, 1932

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Correspondence: Edward P. Moses to Zebulon Weaver, 1932

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Correspondence: Edward P. Moses to Zebulon Weaver, 1932

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  • P.O.Box # 206 Morganton, N.C, Nov. 17,1932. Dear Mr.\7eaver : I am ashamed to bother as busy a man as yoii are at this time again. Please forgive me once more,and I promise to spare you for a long time to come. After looking over a letter which I have just written to the Secretary of the Interior,Dr.Wilbur,I have decided to quote Eiy closing para- Copy riglited Material gr a ph • Western Carolina University Hunter Library " Kindly permit me to mention a still more convincing reason for the removal of Mr, Camerer from his present position. I refer to his threat that the PLockeleller Foundation will not pay the balance of its pledge to Tennessc ' /hatever the sum may be ) unless the Tennessee authorities do his will. As you know, trie five-million dollar fund pledged to the park boards of the two States was a trust fund,one of about a dozen delivered to them by the trustees of the Laura Spellrnan Rockefeller Memorial,when the latter trust was dissolved in January, 1929 or 1930. I am sure that you will agree; with, the last dollar of the five millions is beyond the power of use for any purpose except for the establishment of the Tennessee- Nortn Carolina Great Smoky Mountains National Park,Mr.Camerer to the contrary notwithstanding." Of cours ver,I do not i . ilbur to do what I am asking to do.But By t ;fjl wonder if it has seemed strange to anybody else that physicians-Drs.Work and Wilbur for example-are prime favorites with, Presidents as chiefs of the nation's pi jublic lands. tVe*^ -p^Lt ^^a-*-.
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  • Zebulon Weaver (1872-1948) was a lawyer and U.S. Representative from western North Carolina. He was a member of the North Carolina Park Commission and was involved in the land acquisition process that went towards establishment of the Great Smoky Mountain National Park and development of the Blue Ridge Parkway. This set of three letters is written by Edward P. Moses to Zebulon Weaver and expresses primarily Moses’s displeasure over the behavior Mr. Camerer of the National Park Service. Following are brief summaries of each of the letters: Edward P. Moses to Zebulon Weaver, November 16, 1932 In this letter Moses expresses his displeasure with the behavior of Mr. Cammerer--the National Park Director--towards the Governor of Tennessee. Edward P. Moses to Zebulon Weaver, November 17, 1932 In this letter Moses conveys to Weaver the closing paragraph of the letter he had written to Dr. Wilbur, the Secretary of the Interior, for the removal of Mr. Cammerer from his present position. Edward P. Moses to Zebulon Weaver, December 6, 1932 In this letter Moses requests Weaver to approve his request for a hearing by the Congressional Committee concerning the matter of his land being bought over by the Tennessee Park Commission.

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