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- 1798-2003 (Creation)
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3 sub-series
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Archival history
The Moore letters were collected by Professor Breandán Mac Suibhne of the University of Galway and provided to his collaborator, Kerby A. Miller, for transcription.
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Transcripts of 234 letters written between 1798 and 1845 by and to members of the Robert Moore family, plus a 2003 journal article on Robert Moore.
Robert Moore was a prosperous Scots-Irish Protestant tradesman from Londonderry/Derry who emigrated to Baltimore in 1798 after being accused of taking an oath to the United Irishmen. Although acquitted, Moore’s reputation was sufficiently damaged that he chose to emigrate; his wife and children following thereafter. While most of his children eventually returned to Ireland, Moore and two of his sons, Samuel and Robert Jnr, remained, establishing themselves as prominent citizens in Baltimore. The Moores of Baltimore died out with Samuel’s passing in 1845.