Transcriptions of letters from three sons Philip Moore, George Moore and James Moore, mainly written to their father Sir George Moore, found in the Quayle Bridge House Papers
Date(s): 2016
Creator(s): Aarons, Audrey
Scope & Content: The letters are transcribed as written (that is spelling, punctuation, abbreviations and grammar as in the originals). The transcriber notes, 'Phil's use of punctuation and his spellin quaint ...a reminder of a commend in his fther George's letter to Phil's tutor when he was a student: 'I find he has little acquaintance with the rules of grammar...'. The letters from Philip span 1760-1804 and are to his father Sir George Moore and to brothers George and James; included also are four letters written by Martha to her father-in-law.
Administration / Biographical History: Sir George Moore (1709-1787) married Catherine Callan, the couple having four daugthers and three surviving sons. The eldest, Philip Moore (1738-1827) married Martha Thwaites in 1760 in Dublin, Ireland and the couple had six children (three being born in Philadeiphia, North America). Philip arrived in America in 1767, acquired land in Nova Scotia and stayed there for about two years. He became a merchant in Boston and then moved to Philadelphia where he held Commissions from the Continental Congress for privateers opering out of the city. At the end of the American War of Independence he hoped to send the first ship under American colours to China and have is brother James recognised as Consul - neither goal was achieved. Philip returned to the Isle of Man with his family in the 1790s.`
George Moore (1750-1790), the second son, was Consul at Salonika for the Levant Company, 1786-1790, where he died in a boating accident. He married Isabella Bacon and the couple had children.
James Moore (b.1754-died before Dec 1785) was the youngest son. He married Catherine Cosnahan and the couple had children.
Language: English
Extent: 1 folder
Item name: typescript
Collection: Manuscript Archive
Level: FONDS
ID number: MS 14111
Record class: Private
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