Letter from Enos B. Moore to his brother on the building of a new boat. He lamented that William's business had been dull. Moore described the progress of building a new boat, and that the rain and wind had been interfering. Despite that, the engines had been built and they hoped to put up the chimneys soon. He concluded that it may take about 3 weeks. He noted that he should be able to get a
Letter from Enos B. Moore to his brother after Scarlet Fever affected William's children. He was glad that they were recovering. Moore mentions Fanny had been recovering from her eye being sore and Maria was doing well. They expected to travel home soon and stop to stay with Uncle Jos. He would make a short trip to Lake Minnetonka before they left.
Letter from Enos B. Moore to his brother discussing the war and investment prospects. He believed Duvall was wavering now to the success of the Rebellion. Things seemed to be quieting on the river, and there had not been disturbances by guerillas. He mentioned that if people would leave Uncle Abe alone, he would settle the question of coercion. Moore heard of farmers now desiring to raise sheep
Letter from Enos B. Moore to his brother about his move to Minneapolis. The family was well. He found Minneapolis to be a very dull place and the newspapers were not interesting to read. Went on to describe differences in carriages and compared to trucks on a railway.
Letter from Samuel Moore to Enos B. Moore. He was worried as he had not heard from him or William, and thought someone in the family may be sick. He mentioned receiving word in Cairo that Captain Young had died. He asked to hear back as soon as the letter was received.
Letter from Enos B. Moore to his wife discussing his trial. Moore mentioned having met with lawyers and having to have stayed in town until the case was tried. He does not mention the details of the case. He also wrote of concerns that the banks may announce that they were all out of money, and there was a possibility of their boats being confiscated. But it was only property and not their
Letter from Enos B. Moore to his brother discussing the effect of the war on business. He discussed how there was no cotton trade or passengers to have, and that he could not travel south of Cairo, IL. Moore mentioned that even sending letters to the South was not an option at that time. Mention is made of looking for a farm, but that that also would not make sense until the war ended.
Letter from Enos B. Moore to his brother William. He stated that he received William's letter of May 25th and read it by the steamboat Morrison. All was well and he was with Duvall and Samuel, the latter of which intended to return home in a few days to possibly take Ellen to Niagara Falls. At that time Moore did not plan on doing anything to the boat, and would not until there is something for
Letter from Enos B. Moore to his brother about canceling their trip. He mentioned making this decision after a council of war, and decided he would not continue to Vicksburg. Maria appeared to have a matter to settle that required him to be in town, as it would be illegal if he was not. Moore then discusses expenses for the boat. He warned his brother that it would not be a good place to buy a
Letter from Enos B. Moore to his wife to assure her she was not forgotten in his absence. He spent the previous evening at Captain Young's and found all of them well except Captain Young, who was ill but improving. Mary and Harry had just returned from a visit to Mrs. Hollingsworth. She was getting along well, and had received his wife's letter. Moore, along with William, Lizzie, and Duvall
Letter from Enos B. Moore to his wife regarding her meeting him in St. Louis. He mentioned having been delayed in St. Louis, but was finally on his way to New Orleans. He hoped to make up time there and return to St. Louis on schedule. Moore wanted his wife to meet him there and instructed her that if she arrived before them, to go ahead to the Barnum's Hotel as it was quiet and as good as any
Letter from Enos B. Moore to Maria about her health. He responded to letters she sent on July 27th and 30th detailing her improving health. She appeared to have taken a trip which had greatly helped her. He hoped she would return soon as the weather would get cold, and that may counteract the improvements. Moore stated he would be leaving for New Orleans and had not heard anything about Yellow
Short letter from Enos B. Moore to a man written in haste after getting off of his watch. He stated he had yet to hear from home since his last letter, but would send them a draft for $500 and mention some sort of case. It would not be worthwhile for him to have returned that summer as the boats would be laying up before he had started. Their load was very heavy and he suspected they would have
Letter from Enos B. Moore to Maria before landing in Memphis regarding how he and others felt lonesome after she left, but he knew it would not always be that way. He mentioned that a young friend of theirs felt it is not good for a man to be alone, and would be asking many hard questions before long. Moore mentioned sympathizing with her trouble with Mrs. Roberts, which was a delicate subject
Letter from Enos B. Moore to Maria discussing how he misses her presence already, and he hoped to return on time. He felt lonely in the world, but even though she was absent her heart was with him. He had heard a report of the river at St. Louis rising, and being clear of ice. He thought of the risk a woman took in entrusting her happiness to a man and how he was to assume a fearful
Letter from Enos B. Moore to William, sent from about fifty miles south of Memphis. He mentioned that Captain Gould, the superintendent of the line, was on board and stated the boats would not try to make their regular time until after the ice cleared. Their schedules had run out and other boats were laying up. He planned to spend three days in St. Louis to do some sheet iron work and would write
Letter from Enos B. Moore to William with description of recent trips and the money made. He described a trip with a moderate number of passengers that lost almost a full night due to fog. He made a trip that amounted to about sixty-eight hundred dollars but described being sued by the steamboat Lucy Robinson for $867.00 in addition to a bill he was given of $550.00. They decided they would fight
Letter from Enos B. Moore on maintenance issues the boat was having. He mentioned a poor trip where no passengers were picked up in Cairo, and he was having trouble getting the spark burner put in. He mentioned that Sam got off at Vicksburg but that Moore will travel down the coast as he waits for the boat. He was sure there was no danger but didn't want to risk the striker pilot. He did not know
Letter from Enos B. Moore to his brother on his way to St. Louis from Paducah. Samuel was with him on the boat and they are not sure how the boat would perform. He was afraid the draft was not right despite that they had not given it a fair trial.They had only had a few drunken firemen. He said the boat is alright, but drew a little more water than he expected. Moore expects the boat to trim on