Papers, 1860.

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Papers, 1860.

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Letters to Moore (1823-1892), librarian and historian, from Charles Carter Lee, Sr. (1798-1871), son of General Henry ("Light Horse Harry") Lee. The letters concern Moore's book, "Mr. Lee's Plan--March 29, 1777": The Treason of Charles Lee (New York: 1860), and Charles Carter Lee's manuscript defending Charles Lee (1731-1782), Revolutionary War general; the submission of that manuscript to the Virginia Historical Society; and the possibility of reading it before the New York Historical Society. Letters of General Charles Lee, which had once been among the papers of Henry Lee and had since disappeared, are mentioned.

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Moore, George Henry, 1823-1892

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George Henry Moore (1823-1892) was an American librarian, historian and bibliographer. He was librarian at the New York Historical Society from 1850 to 1876. He also was elected superintendent and trustee for the Lenox Library in 1872 and became administrator for the library in 1876. As a historian he concentrated on the colonial and revolutionary periods of American history. From the guide to the George Henry Moore papers, 1851-1891, (The New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Arc...