Robert Moir papers, 1850-1909, bulk 1866-1898.

Newberry Library

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The Newberry was founded on July 1, 1887 and opened for business on September 6 of that year. The Newberry’s establishment came about because of a contingent provision in the will of Chicago businessman Walter L. Newberry (1804-68), which left what later amounted to approximately $2.2 million for the foundation of a “free, public” library on the north side of the Chicago River, if his two children died without issue. After the deaths of Mr. Newberry’s daughters and then, in 1885, of his widow, t...

Midwest manuscript Collection (Newberry Library)

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Moir, Robert, 1824-1904.

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Oquawka (Ill.) businessman, merchandiser, and financier. Robert Moir was born in Forres, Elginshire, Scotland, on October 30, 1824. He immigrated to the United States in 1832, residing in New York until 1849, when he relocated to Oquawka, in Henderson County, Illinois. Oquawka then was a thriving river town which was expected to become a great metropolis. In that year also he married Mary Nicol and soon after began the firm of Robert Moir & Co. The firm originally co...

Illinois Central Railroad Company

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Erie Railway

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Railway chartered in 1832 as the New York and Erie Railroad Company; reorganized in 1861 as the Erie Railway Company; reorganized again in 1878 as the New York, Lake Erie & Western Railroad Company. After several additional successive reorganizations, the company became known as the Erie-Lackawanna Railroad in 1960. From the description of Erie Railway records, 1836-1837, 1872-1878. (New York University, Group Batchload). WorldCat record id: 58782042 ...

Union National Bank (Chicago, Ill.)

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Robert Moir & Co.

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