Jacob Bailey Moore

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Jacob Bailey Moore
Born(1797-10-31)October 31, 1797
Andover, New Hampshire, U.S.
DiedSeptember 1, 1853(1853-09-01) (aged 55)
Bellows Falls, Vermont, U.S.
Resting placeBellows Falls, Vermont
Occupation(s)Journalist, printer, editor, deputy postmaster
Spouse
Mary Adams Hill
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(m. 1820)​
Children6, including George Henry Moore and Frank Moore
RelativesIsaac Hill (brother-in-law)
FamilyHenry Eaton Moore and John Weeks Moore (brothers)

Jacob Bailey Moore (October 31, 1797 – September 1, 1853) was an American journalist, printer, newspaper editor and historical writer. He also was elected to the New Hampshire General Court (state legislature) and was deputy postmaster of San Francisco.

Biography

Moore's ancestors emigrated to the United States from Scotland. His father (born in

Samuel Holyoke's Columbian Repository.[1]

Moore was born in 1797 in Andover, New Hampshire. He became an apprentice under Isaac Hill in 1813 and learned the printer's trade at Concord. The two men became partners publishing the New Hampshire Patriot, but ended their partnership in 1823 due to political differences, Moore being a supporter of John Quincy Adams while Hill supported Andrew Jackson.[1] Moore was one of the founders of the New Hampshire Historical Society (established in 1823) and was that organization's first librarian.[1] Later, he engaged in editorial work and edited the New Hampshire Journal from 1826 until 1829, when he was elected sheriff of Merrimack County. He was elected to the state legislature in 1828, but resigned shortly after being elected.[1]

Moore was elected a member of the

New York Historical Society from 1845 to 1849. In 1850, he was named deputy postmaster of San Francisco by President Millard Fillmore.[1]

Moore's brother

calculating machines.[3] Moore died in 1853 at the home of his brother John in Bellows Falls, Vermont.[4][1] A painting of Moore by Helena Smith Dayton—made in 1947 as a reproduction of an original portrait in the San Francisco Post Office—is in the collection of the New Hampshire Historical Society.[5] Houghton Library at Harvard University has several boxes of Moore's papers in its archives.[6]

Publications

Moore's numerous publications include:

Vol. 1, Vol. 2, Vol. 3 — one of the first publications devoted to local history in the United States
includes A Memoir of the Penacook Indians by John Farmer

Sources

  • Dumas Malone, ed. (1932). Dictionary of American biography. Vol. XIII. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons.
  • Wilson, J. G.; Fiske, J., eds. (1900). "Moore, Jacob Bailey" . Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography. New York: D. Appleton.
  • New International Encyclopedia
    (1st ed.). New York: Dodd, Mead.
  • Rines, George Edwin, ed. (1920). "Moore, Jacob Bailey" . Encyclopedia Americana.

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i Dictionary of American biography, 1932, v. 13, p. 127
  2. ^ American Antiquarian Society Members Directory
  3. ^ "Charles and Jacob Moore". Computer Timeline. Retrieved February 24, 2024.
  4. ^ "Death of Jacob B. Moore". Boston Evening Transcript. September 7, 1853. p. 1. Retrieved February 24, 2024 – via newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Painting: Jacob Bailey Moore". nhhistory.org. New Hampshire Historical Society. Retrieved February 24, 2024.
  6. ^ "Jacob Bailey Moore papers, 1811-1851". snaccooperative.org. SNAC. Retrieved February 24, 2024.

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