Thomas O. Moore papers, 1832-1877 (bulk 1856-1871).

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Thomas O. Moore papers, 1832-1877 (bulk 1856-1871).

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The collection consists of Moore's personal correspondence, business papers, and political and legal documents. Ante-bellum materials deal with Moore's financial interests as a sugar planter and include slave bills of sale; mortgages; statements of accounts with a storekeeper, a druggist, a physician, and a dentist. Accounts of the physician and dentist document the treatment of slaves owned by Moore. Statements (1858-1861) of New Orleans commission merchants record sales of sugar and molasses produced on the Emfield, Lodi, and Mooreland plantations. Papers (1859-1871) pertain primarily to Moore's political activities. Moore's correspondence as governor includes letters concerning Moore's gubernatorial nomination; the Democratic Party; the Board of Supervisors of the Louisiana State Seminary and Military Academy; the procurement of military supplies and troops for the Confederate Army; the transport of state archives from Baton Rouge on the steamer "General Hodges"; the status of Negroes; prices of slaves; economic conditions in Louisiana during the war; the raiding of one of Moore's plantations by Federal troops; fighting in Tangipahoa Parish and Baton Rouge; and military appointments and personnel. Correspondents include Braxton Bragg, Jefferson Davis, Henry Watkins Allen, General Richard Taylor (1826-1879), and John H. Ransdell (planter of Rapides Parish). Included is a draft of Moore's speech to the Secession Convention (Jan. 1861). Financial papers during the war include insurance renewal notices from the Southern Mutual Insurance Company, letters and receipts pertaining to Moore's plantations, a notice of seizure of property, and a plantation inventory. Typewritten copies of Moore's oath of allegiance (1865) and his pardon (1867) are included. Papers (1865-1871) primarily consist of letters of New Orleans cotton and sugar factors Bush and Levert and A. Miltenberger. Letters discuss Moore's prospective pardon, commodity prices, the local labor shortage, and national and local politics. The collection includes issues and fragments of Louisiana newspapers (1863-1865) and a broadside (1862) which contains an address by Moore to the people of Louisiana.

711 items.1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm.

Louisiana State University, LSU Libraries

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SNAC Resource ID: 8344732

Louisiana State University, LSU Libraries

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