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to Mary Moore

He has moved to a cheaper, more comfortable boarding house. He describes the process of finding suitable accommodations and of taking new students around town.

GLC04191.25

to Mary Moore

He received news of their father's death and mourns his passing. It is unfortunate that he cannot be there with the family. He hopes that arrangements of property can be made easily and quickly without the expense of a probate court.

GLC04191.26

to Mary Moore

He regrets not having seen the boys when they were in town. He describes his difficult schedule with class, studies, and dissecting room. He criticizes McKinney for killing himself over a woman.

GLC04191.27

to Mary Moore

He describes the pleasant climate. Alabama ladies are more attractive than those from Indiana. He looks forward to Christmas. He comments on Uncle [Fletcher?]'s slave problems, mostly a lack of discipline. He worries about the local cotton market...

GLC04191.28

to Mary Moore

He describes the students in his class, less wild than he expected. He reports a recent Catholic fair to benefit an orphan asylum, doing more for the relief of the destitute than any other denomination. M. Fitzsimmons, an Irish refugee and leader in...

GLC04191.29

to Mary Moore

He had too much eggnog and has been sick. He describes his girlfriends, referring to one in particular he would like to marry and comments on other potential couples. He believes that the old house should be sold and that their mother should be given...

GLC04191.30

[Collection of John B. Moore letters and a 37-page travel diary] [Decimalized .01- .06]

Covers the first few years of Moore's medical career before joining the army. Medical references, including a cholera epidemic in Laconia, Indiana (1) and diseases and medical treatments in England and Ireland (2, 5, 6). Written from Indiana, New...

GLC04192

To Richard

Excerpts:
18 July 1848: "I am still quite well notwithstanding I have for two or three weeks undergone much fatigue and have been broken of my regular sleeping hours. The health of the country does not seem to improve in the least. Cholera is still...

GLC04192.01

To Mary

Excerpt:
16 June 1851: "Soon after my arrival I visited the Crystal Palace. This is a miniature world, where you may see people of every nation; and their advancement in the arts may be learned from the specimens of workmanship which they are here...

GLC04192.02

To Richard

GLC04192.03

To Mary

GLC04192.04

To Mary

Excerpt:
2 August 1852: "The county was generally beautiful; many parts of it exceedingly so - naturally fertile but many parts poorly cultivated and every part filled with wretchedness, starvation and beggary - owing in part to an unjust and...

GLC04192.05

Diary of John Moore

Excerpt:
Diary entries
12 June 1852: "The Tower has been so often described that it is unnecessary to enter into any description of it. There is no place in the world, perhaps where one can see so many specimens of all the varieties of arms that...

GLC04192.06

to James Kelly [Decimalized .01- .03]

Writes to his brother-in-law about serving in the army in Florida. Refers to Seminole Indian chief Billy Bowlegs.

GLC04193

to James Kelly

Moore, an army surgeon stationed in Florida during the third Seminole War against Billy Bowlegs, writes home to his brother-in-law about receiving mail, how easy his job is, and the character of physicians. Also discusses the infidelity of a man...

GLC04193.01

to James Kelly

Writes to his sister Mary's husband about the weather and the lack of activity. Anticipates traveling to Cuba with the possibility of American possession resulting from Manifest Destiny. Makes references to Billy Bowlegs harboring slaves. "You now...

GLC04193.02

to James Kelly

Responds to the drought and lack of food. Reports a visit to King Billy Bowlegs, presenting Bowlegs's sister with "rot gut" whiskey. Inquires about the upcoming county elections in Ohio. "I was out in the woods some distance about a week ago, with...

GLC04193.03

John Moore Collection [Decimalized .01-.42]

Contains a map, a general order, 39 letters, and a memoir, pertaining to the Utah Expedition of 1857-1861.

GLC04194

to John Moore

She has lived through another winter in Boston rather than be separated from her husband. On 23 January she presented Mac with another son and heir. Dr. Townshend attended until the arrival of Dr. Holdren. Clark has been ordered to Fort...

GLC04194.03

to Mary Kelly

Complains of deprivations on the Mormon trail during the Utah Expedition. Describes hardships due to frigid temperatures and supplies burned by Mormons. He has received no mail.

GLC04194.04

to Mary Kelly

Reports that Governor Cummings and Judge Eckles are camped near the troops and are holding a court with the lawyers in a "log shantee put up for that purpose." Mentions there are one or two Mormon prisoners with the troops. Written at Camp Scott...

GLC04194.05

to Mary Kelly

Assures her that Colonel Johnson [Johnston?] has not moved before now because he is awaiting the arrival of pack animals. Moore states that Johnson's original orders were to establish a military post at or near Salt Lake City and that Johnson will...

GLC04194.08

to James Kelly

Reports that nothing has been heard from the commissioners sent out by President James Buchanan to negotiate with Brigham Young, so he cannot tell her if Young has accepted the pardon offer. Moore hopes Young will fight. He expresses disdain for...

GLC04194.09

to James Kelly

Informs Kelly that the common belief in the eastern United States that the Mormons have become quiet and peaceable is wrong. He attributes their continued belligerence to a belief that they can bully the government into bending to their demands...

GLC04194.10

to James Kelly

Describes a Christmas dinner party he gave, mostly for men from the Medical Corps. Two or three balls were given, but Moore chose not to attend because he considers Mormon women dumb and unattractive. Discusses the Mormon block to holding court for...

GLC04194.11