Letters of John F. Moore [manuscript], 1861-1867.

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Letters of John F. Moore [manuscript], 1861-1867.

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The collection contains eight letters of John F. Moore, Baltimore, to his parents, Mr. and Mrs. T.M. Moore, Aberdeen, Ohio, re: a trip to Washington where he visited the Capitol and met Congressmen Wadsworth, Mallory and Cox, describing a disagreement between the former two and Congressman Green Smith. Other letters discuss his work in the commission firm of Mitchell Oliver and Company. He also mentions speculating in gold futures. The collection also contains a clothing allowance book, 1861-1863, for Company K., 46th Pennsylvania Infantry.

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University of Virginia. Library

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Moore, John F., fl. 1861-1867.

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United States. Army

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The United States Army is the largest branch of the United States Armed Forces and performs land-based military operations. It is one of the seven uniformed services of the United States and is designated as the Army of the United States in the United States Constitution, Article 2, Section 2, Clause 1 and United States Code, Title 10, Subtitle B, Chapter 301, Section 3001. As the largest and senior branch of the U.S. military, the modern U.S. Army has its roots in the Continental Army, which wa...

Mitchell Oliver and Company.

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Smith, Green Clay, 1826-1895

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Green Clay Smith was a United States Congressman from Kentucky, a Union General during the Civil War, and a Territorial Governor of Montana. Born in 1826, he was the son of John Speed Smith and Elizabeth (Clay) Smith, who was the daughter of Green Clay and the sister of Cassius and Brutus Clay. Green Clay Smith served as a 2nd Lieutenant in the Mexican War and practiced law in Covington until 1861. After the beginning of the Civil War, Smith served in the Kentucky House of Representatives and al...

Mallory, Robert, 1815-1885

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Wadsworth, William Henry, 1821-1893

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Cox, Samuel Sullivan, 1824-1889

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Editor of Muskingum Messenger, Ohio state senator, U.S. congressman from Ohio and from New York. Cox was born in Zanesville, Ohio, graduated from Brown University in Providence, R.I., then studied law. He married Julia Buckingham and began practicing law in Zanesville in 1849. From the description of Correspondence, 1848. (Ohio Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 41091956 U.S. representative from Ohio and New York, diplomat, and author. From the description ...