Moore, Thomas Patrick (1797-1853) to unknown
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03481.04 Author/Creator: Moore, Thomas Patrick (1797-1853) Place Written: Harrodsburg, Kentucky Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 27 June 1819 Pagination: 1 p : docket ; 25.6 x 20 cm. Order a Copy
Informs an unknown recipient: "Eccles has returned is unable to [?] or do anything else- Smashed by his produce speculations- This was to me a totally unexpected event- I may save it in time, but doubt it. Expecting to be at Lexington must constitute my apology for not writing earlier..." Docket states: "T. P. Moore- Private soldier in 1812 member of Congress many years- One of Genl [Jenkins?] pets- Sent Minister to Bogota..."
Moore served in the War of 1812, as a member of the Kentucky State house of Representatives, as a United States Representative 1823-1829, as Minister Plenipotentiary to New Grenada 1829-1833, and as lieutenant colonel in the war with Mexico.
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