Samuel Moore papers
Collection
Identifier: L110
Scope and Contents
This collection contains the business and personal papers and correspondence of Samuel Moore ranging from 1823 to 1953. The papers include information on Moore’s dry goods store, indentures, deeds, transportation expenses for goods, stock certificates, and investment papers. Also included, are family correspondence, a diary, correspondence regarding state and national politics, the Whig Party, and the work of the Indiana legislature.
Correspondents include Hervey Bates, 19 June 1843, 19 Apr. 1845, 31 Mar. 1850, 14 Apr. 1851, 26 Apr. 1851, and 29 Aug. 1851, Thomas H. Blake, 4 Feb. 1829, Jesse D. Bright, 9 Nov. 1843, James F.D. Lanier, 17 Jan. 1845, Nicholas McCarty, 24 Aug. 1842, Joseph Moore, 28 Dec. 1872 and 16 Oct. 1885, and David Wallace, 7 July 1841.
Correspondents include Hervey Bates, 19 June 1843, 19 Apr. 1845, 31 Mar. 1850, 14 Apr. 1851, 26 Apr. 1851, and 29 Aug. 1851, Thomas H. Blake, 4 Feb. 1829, Jesse D. Bright, 9 Nov. 1843, James F.D. Lanier, 17 Jan. 1845, Nicholas McCarty, 24 Aug. 1842, Joseph Moore, 28 Dec. 1872 and 16 Oct. 1885, and David Wallace, 7 July 1841.
Dates
- 1823-1953
Creator
- Moore, Samuel, 1799-1889 (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
This collection is open for research.
Conditions Governing Use
Legal title, copyright, and literary rights reside with Rare Books and Manuscripts, Indiana State Library, Indianapolis, IN. All requests to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted to Rare Books and Manuscripts.
Biographical Note
Samuel Moore was born in Albemarle Sound, Perquimans County, North Carolina on January 21, 1799. He came to Indiana in 1818 and founded the town of Mooresville, Morgan County, Indiana in 1824. Moore married Eliza Worthington in 1828. He was the owner of a dry goods store, was involved in pork packing and shipment of agricultural products to Cincinnati and New Orleans; he also operated a grist mill near Mooresville. Samuel Moore died March 1, 1889.
Extent
4 Cubic Feet (3 manuscript boxes, 14 volumes)
Language of Materials
English
Arrangement
This collection is arranged chronologically.
Custodial History
This collection was received by Rare Books and Manuscripts as a donation from Ida Fogleman on 1917/05/01; 1918/06/19; 1945/11/13, and 1954.
Accruals
No further additions are expected.
Processing Information
Collection processing and finding aid completed by Barbara Hilderbrand during April 2007. Finding aid revised by Laura Eliason on 2015/11/04.
- Account books
- Bates, Hervey
- Blake, Thomas H. (Thomas Holdsworth)
- Bright, Jesse D. (Jesse David)
- Businesspeople -- Indiana
- Correspondence
- Dry goods stores
- Dry-goods
- Indiana. General Assembly
- Land titles
- Lanier, J. F. D. (James Franklin Doughty), 1800-1881
- McCarty, Nicholas, 1795-1854
- Mills and mill-work
- Moore, Joseph, 1832-1905
- Mooresville (Ind.)
- Wallace, David
- Whig Party (U.S.)
Creator
- Moore, Samuel, 1799-1889 (Person)
- Title
- Samuel Moore papers
- Status
- Completed
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Rare Books and Manuscripts Repository
Contact:
140 North Senate Avenue
Indianapolis, Indiana 46204 U.S.A.
317-232-3671
140 North Senate Avenue
Indianapolis, Indiana 46204 U.S.A.
317-232-3671
