Background
George H. Moore was born on April 20, 1823, in Concord, New Hampshire, the son of Jacob Bailey Moore, Jr. and Mary Adams Hill, and a descendant of Jonathan Moore who emigrated from Scotland to New Hampshire in 1650.
(A look at slavery in Massachusetts. Originally published...)
A look at slavery in Massachusetts. Originally published 1866,
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(THE employment of negroes became a subject of importance ...)
THE employment of negroes became a subject of importance at an early stage of the American War of Independence. The British naturally regarded slavery as an element of weakness in the condition of the colonies, in which the slaves were numerous, and laid their plans to gain the blacks, and induce them to take up arms against their masters, by promising them their liberty, on this condition. Bancroft says, that the roll of the army at Cambridge had from its first formation borne the names of men of color. Free negroes stood in the ranks by the side of white men. In the beginning of the war they had entered the provincial army: the first general order which was issued by Ward, had required a return, among other things, of the 'complexion' of the soldiers; and black men, like others, were retained in the service after the troops were adopted by the continent. In general orders, December 30, George Washington says : " As the General is informed that numbers of free negroes are desirous of enlisting, he gives leave to the recruiting officers to entertain them, and promises to lay the matter before the Congress, who, he doubts not, will approve of it."
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George H. Moore was born on April 20, 1823, in Concord, New Hampshire, the son of Jacob Bailey Moore, Jr. and Mary Adams Hill, and a descendant of Jonathan Moore who emigrated from Scotland to New Hampshire in 1650.
His early education was received in Concord and at Holmes's Plymouth Academy.
He attended Dartmouth College until the end of the first term of his sophomore year, after which he taught district school in Acworth, New Hampshire, until his removal with his parents to New York City in 1839. There he entered the sophomore class of the University of the City of New York, from which he graduated in 1842.
The University of New York gave him the degree of Doctor of Laws.
In 1841, while still a sophomore in college, he entered the employ of the New York Historical Society as assistant librarian to George Folsom, the Society at that time having quarters in the University building. When his father, who was librarian of the Society from 1848 to 1849, resigned, the younger Moore was elected to that position.
He had previously (March 7, 1848) been elected secretary of the executive committee, on which he served until 1891. During these fifty years he was the central figure in all the activities of the Society, serving also as secretary to the trustees of the new building, which was completed in 1857.
He was recognized as a patient investigator in the field of history, a lover of art and literature, with a wide knowledge of books. His research was confined chiefly to the colonial and revolutionary periods of American history, and among the pamphlets he published, perhaps the one which attracted the most attention, was "Mr. Lee's Plan - March 29, 1777": The Treason of Charles Lee (1860). He had addressed the New York Historical Society on this subject on June 22, 1858, and brought to light for the first time the character of that Revolutionary general. His writings also included: Historical Notes on the Employment of Negroes in the American Army of the Revolution (1862); Notes on the History of Slavery in Massachusetts (1866); Notes on the History of Witchcraft in Massachusetts (1883 - 1885); Washington as an Angler (1887); Libels on Washington (1889); Typographiae Neo-eboracensis Primitiae: Historical Notes on the Introduction of Printing into New York, 1693 (1888); The First Folio of the Cambridge Press (1889); John Dickinson - The Author of the Declaration on Taking up Arms in 1775 (1890). He was also a frequent contributor to various New York newspapers under the signature of "E. Y. E. "
In addition to his other duties he acted as secretary of the Mexican Boundary Commission, having been appointed in 1850. He was an excellent public speaker and delivered addresses before various societies.
In 1876 he was at his own request relieved of his duties at the New York Historical Society to take up the administration of the Lenox Library, of which he had been elected superintendent and trustee on October 3, 1872. He served as secretary of the board from January 6, 1876, until his death on May 5, 1892 in New York City.
(THE employment of negroes became a subject of importance ...)
(A look at slavery in Massachusetts. Originally published...)
In politics George H. Moore was originally a Whig and later an ardent Republican.
George Moore was elected a member of the American Antiquarian Society in 1880.
George Moore is remembered as a man of upright and kindly character.
On October 21, 1850, George H. Moore married, in New York, Mary Howe Givan, widow of Henry S. Richards. They had two children.