11 April 1858

Letter

Title: 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 Leavenworth. Miss Bridge hopes Archer will become a captain soon, as Bridge does not want to marry a lieutenant. Mrs. Hays has lost another daughter after her husband left for Fort Snelling. Letter may not be complete.

GLC04194.03

13 December 1857

Moore, John, 1826-1907

Autograph letter signed

Title: 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, near Fort Bridger, Wyoming.

GLC04194.05

6 May 1858

Moore, John, 1826-1907

Autograph letter signed

Title: 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 only attack the Mormons if they interfere.

GLC04194.08

24 February 1859

Moore, John, 1826-1907

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Mary Kelly

Moore comments on local places of leisure: the theater is drawing full houses, and there are two billiard saloons and fifteen or twenty gambling houses. Mentions that "knives and pistols are freely used," and that the town helps advance surgical knowledge. Written at Camp Floyd.

GLC04194.12

17 March 1859

Moore, John, 1826-1907

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Mary Kelly

Describes Provo as the largest town in Utah next to Salt Lake City. Mentions that the U.S. Court has been in session there for ten days. Explains there have been many murders in Provo, and that the judge has been trying without success to get the Mormon grand jury to bring indictments. Discusses the Mormons' anger about the troops being encamped there.

GLC04194.13

12 July 1859

Moore, John, 1826-1907

Autograph letter signed

Title: to James Kelly

Discusses a recently discovered Mormon scheme to counterfeit United States treasury drafts. The building where the counterfeiting operation was based was within Brigham Young's compound, and Moore claims this is evidence that Young must have known of it. Written at Camp Floyd.

GLC04194.19

23 July 1859

Moore, John, 1826-1907

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Mary [Kelly]

Praises the Mormons for having planted fruit and shade trees around their dwellings from their earliest settlement. Reports that gentile merchants and trade from the emigrants to California has made Salt Lake City a business center. Kelly was Moore's sister.

GLC04194.20

13 August 1859

Moore, John, 1826-1907

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Mary Kelly

Reports that he left Camp Floyd, Utah, to punish Indians who were murdering emigrants on the North California road; Moore's party attacked an Indian encampment at dawn, killing twenty and driving off the rest.

GLC04194.22

10 November 1859

Scott, H.L. (Henry Lee), 1814-1886

Document signed

Title: General orders No. 5

A printed copy issued by Headquarters, New York, commending Assistant Surgeon John Moore for his immediate and kind attention to the wounded after an engagement with Indians on 14 August 1853. Includes description of the skirmish near Box Elder, which Moore also describes in a letter to his sister (GLC04194.22).

GLC04194.23

15 November 1859

Moore, John, 1826-1907

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Mary [Kelly]

Reports that Judge Eckles and General Johnston had affidavits showing that the Mormons had purchased artillery pieces and placed them in Salt Lake City. Comments that he had dinner with the governor and declined an invitation from the governor's wife to meet Mormon women, as he considers them no better than "professional women in a bawdy house." Written at Camp Floyd.

GLC04194.25

16 January 1860

Moore, John, 1826-1907

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Mary Kelly

Reports that General Albert S. Johnston sent him to make a professional visit on Bill Hickman, a Mormon who had been shot. Describes meeting Brigham Young's first wife. Disparages Young's wife and the other Mormon ladies he met. Comments on dancing halls. Reports that Mormons are making a great profit from the gentile merchants due to high rents. Mentions that Judge Eckles often takes care of families with attractive women. Moore considers Eckles "a humbug," but keeps it to himself. Written at Camp Floyd.

GLC04194.27

circa 6 November 1860

Moore, John, 1826-1907

Autograph letter signed

Title: to editor of the Bloomington Republican

Copy of a letter to the editor of the Bloomington Republican that Moore included in a 6 November 1860 letter to his sister in Bloomington, Indiana (GLC04194.34). Written at Camp Floyd.

GLC04194.35

5 December 1860

Moore, John, 1826-1907

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Mary Kelly

Discusses balls, dramatic representations, and social meetings in camp: the first officer's ball of the season occurred last week, but soldiers' balls occur two or three times per week; dramatic representations occur twice weekly; social meetings occur nightly; and there is plenty of food. Mentions that he attended three women in labor the day before. Written at Camp Floyd.

GLC04194.36

2 January 1861

Moore, John, 1826-1907

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Mary Kelly

Reports that New Year's Day passed enjoyably in the camp, where the "New York custom of calling on all your friends" was maintained. Although they "hear a good deal about secession, etc., it doesn't seem to oppress or weigh heavily on the spirits of the people in our camp." The camp continues to get news from the east, although the distance delays it seven to eight days. Written at Camp Floyd.

GLC04194.37

16 January 1861

Moore, John, 1826-1907

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Mary Kelly

Discusses secession. Wishes South Carolina could leave the Union, and laments its power to rent the nation. Forcefully criticizes the leadership of President James Buchanan. Hopes President Abraham Lincoln will be prepared for the coming conflict. Mentions the eight-day delay in news from New York, which reaches them via telegraph and pony express. Unlike paymasters in the east, their paymaster has funds enough for six months. Wonders if his brother Robert, a doctor in Alabama, has "been run out of the country for being a northern man." Written at Camp Floyd.

GLC04194.38

20 March 1861

Moore, John, 1826-1907

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Mary Kelly

Mentions that Camp Floyd, named for John B. Floyd, has been changed to Camp Crittenden so that they will "not perpetuate the name of that arch traitor." Hopes that President Abraham Lincoln does not waver on the issue of re-supplying Fort Sumter. Written at Camp Crittenden.

GLC04194.39

4 April 1861

Moore, John, 1826-1907

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Mary Kelly

Reports on a professional call he made on the surveyor general of the territory a few days before. Is disappointed that their brother, Robert, has become a surgeon for the Confederacy. Thinks that since there is to be daily mail over the route east as of 1 July, it is unlikely the troops will be removed from Utah.

GLC04194.40

circa July 1859

Moore, John, 1826-1907

Autograph letter signed

Title: to unknown

Discusses Election Day in the territory. The gentiles have formed an opposition party, and since Judge Eckles has no opposition to the army voting, Moore believes the Mormons will be surprised and angered by the election results. Mentions that Horace Greeley recently visited Salt Lake City on a journey to California in July 1859.

GLC04194.41

circa 1865-1907

Moore, John, 1826-1907

Autograph manuscript

Title: [Memoirs of the Utah Expedition of 1858-1860].

Contains descriptions of Utah during the years he was stationed there. The date of composition has been inferred from the manuscript and Moore's death in 1907; the Civil War appears to be noted in the past tense.

GLC04194.42

18 March 1862

Mallory, Stephen R., 1813-1873

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Charles Magill Conrad

Refers to Conrad's letter asking if there is any new legislation before the session comes to a close. Discusses the efforts being made to build iron plated vessels for the Confederacy in Europe and estimates its cost at 2 million dollars. Discusses increasing price of iron and coal and decreasing production of iron within the Confederacy. States it is due to producer's apprehension that foreign iron will be introduced when the war is over at low rates. Post script states that estimates have also been sent to the Confederate President Jefferson Davis for approval. Note on last page of…

GLC08155.01

01 April 1863

Mallory, Stephen R., 1813-1873

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Jefferson Davis

Recommends measures be adopted for construction and delivery of 10 ironclad war ships to this government in Southern Europe. Refers to an enclosed estimate for the ships. States the amount may seem large but that the importance of building ships that can enter the Mississippi is evident. Stephen R. Mallory was Confederate Secretary of the Navy.

GLC08155.02

01 April 1863

Mallory, Stephen R., 1813-1873

Autograph document signed

Title: [Estimate of the cost for construction of 10 ironclad war ships]

Estimates cost for the construction, armanment, and equipment of 10 ironclads in southern Europe at ten million dollars in sterling funds. Stephen R. Mallory was the Confederate Secretary of the Navy.

GLC08155.03

06 April 1863

Davis, Jefferson, 1808-1889

Autograph letter signed

Title: to the Confederate Senate and the House of Representatives

Transmits communication from the Secretary of the Navy to be read in secret session. He asks for their special attention to the subject.

GLC08155.04

1846

Colcock, C.L., fl. 1846

Autograph letter

Title: to Thomas H. Colcock (incomplete)

Discusses getting caught up in a squall on the Broad River in the Carolinas. Details the near escape of the boat and the salvation of himself and the others sailing with him. States that one person on the boat died when the boat overturned. Last page or pages are missing.

GLC08165.01

17 February 1854

Hutson, Charles J., 1842-1902

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Woody

Discusses everyday matters such as the welfare of Colcock and Huston family members and friends, his schooling, receiving vaccinations, recent events, etc. Hutson was a Corporal, 1st South Carolina Infantry, during the Civil War.

GLC08165.02