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Jacob Bailey Moore (31 October 1797 – 1 September 1853) was an American journalist, printer, newspaper editor and historical writer.
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Jacob Bailey Moore (31 October 1797 – 1 September 1853) was an American journalist, printer, newspaper editor and historical writer.
Ancestors
His ancestors emigrated to the United States from Scotland. His father, who had the same name, was a physician (born in Georgetown, Maine, 5 September 1772; died in Andover, New Hampshire, 10 January 1813). His father studied medicine, settled in Andover in 1796, and practised successfully till 1812, when he was appointedsurgeon
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's mate in the U.S. Army. His father wrote verses and numerous newspaper articles, and composed several pieces of music that were published in Samuel Holyoke
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Biography
Holyoke was the son of Rev. Elizur Holyoke and Hannah Peabody. He was born 15 October 1762 in Boxford, Massa ...
's ''Columbian Repository''. Dictionary of American biography, 1932, v. 13, p. 127
Biography
Moore was born in Andover, New Hampshire. He became an apprentice under Isaac Hill and learned the printer's trade at Concord, and soon became partners publishing the ''New Hampshire Patriot''. Later he engaged in editorial work and edited the ''New Hampshire Journal'' from 1826 to 1829, when he was elected sheriff ofMerrimack County
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. He was a member of the Legislature in 1828. In 1839 he moved to New York
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and edited the ''Daily Whig''. He was a clerk employed by the United States Post Office in Washington, D.C., 1841–1845, but returned to New York and served as librarian of the Historical Society
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from 1845 to 1849. From 1849 to 1853 he was postmaster of San Francisco.
Family
His sons George Henry, an author and librarian, and Frank, a journalist, also lived in New York. His brotherHenry Eaton Moore Henry Eaton Moore was an American composer born in Andover, New Hampshire on July 21, 1803. He died in Cambridge, Massachusetts on October 23, 1841. Besides music he also was in the publishing business.
References
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was a composer, and another brother, John Weeks Moore John Weeks Moore (11 April 1807 in Andover, New Hampshire – 1889) was an American editor of musical publications. He also authored a historical work on early American printers.
Biography
He was a son of Jacob Bailey Moore. He was educated at Conc ...
, edited musical publications.
Publications
*''Collections Historical, Topographical, Historical, and Biographical, relating principally to New Hampshire'', with John Farmer (three volumes, Concord, 1822–1824) This was one first publications devoted to local history in the United States. *''Gazetteer of the State of New Hampshire'', with John Farmer (1823) *''Annals of Concord, with a Memoir of the Penacook Indians'', John Farmer wrote the Penacook memoir (1823-1826) *''Laws of Trade in the United States'' (1840) *''Lives of the Governors of New Plymouth and Massachusetts Bay'' (1846)Honors and memberships
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*at the Library of Congress includes important compilations of pamphlets that were assembled by Jacob Bailey Moore. {{DEFAULTSORT:Moore, Jacob Bailey Moore Jacob Bailey Moore Jacob Bailey Writers from San Francisco Writers from New York City American non-fiction writers American librarians 19th-century American historians 19th-century American newspaper editors 1797 births 1853 deaths Members of the New Hampshire General Court American male journalists Journalists from California 19th-century American male writers People from Georgetown, Maine People from Andover, New Hampshire Historians from New York (state) 19th-century American politicians Historians from California Editors of New York (state) newspapers