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Letter From Captain Enos B. Moore to His Brother About Christmas 1856
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Letter From Captain Enos B. Moore to His Brother About Christmas 1856
Date
1856-01-3
Description
Letter from Enos B. Moore to his brother about how he spent Christmas with Sam at Captain Young's home. The weather in New Orleans had been severe, and the wharf was overcrowded. Because of this, they have not been able to unload their freight for a while. Moore felt as though this trip has been wasteful. He planned to offload some freight and then travel back up through Cairo. He warned his
Letter from Captain Enos B. Moore About Description of Recent Trips and the Money Made 1858
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Letter from Captain Enos B. Moore About Description of Recent Trips and the Money Made 1858
Date
1858-11-23
Description
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 Captain Enos B. Moore to His Brother About Ordering a Monument 1856
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Letter From Captain Enos B. Moore to His Brother About Ordering a Monument 1856
Date
1856-11-1
Description
Letter from Enos B. Moore to his brother about ordering a monument in Cincinnati. He heard his brother was laid up and feared the monument would not be ready. Moore said he was on the steamboat Mass headed for Cairo, and would return on the steamboat Michigan before attempting to work on the steamboat Crescent.
Letter from Samuel Moore to Captain Enos B. Moore Expressing Concern For Family and Friends 1864
Title
Letter from Samuel Moore to Captain Enos B. Moore Expressing Concern For Family and Friends 1864
Date
1864-07-8
Description
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 Captain Enos B. Moore to His Brother Discussing the Effect of the War on Business 1861
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Letter from Captain Enos B. Moore to His Brother Discussing the Effect of the War on Business 1861
Date
1861-07-8
Description
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 Captain Enos B. Moore About Maintenance Issues For the Boat 1858
Title
Letter from Captain Enos B. Moore About Maintenance Issues For the Boat 1858
Date
1858-10-6
Description
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 Captain Enos B. Moore to His Brother Discussing Business
Title
Letter from Captain Enos B. Moore to His Brother Discussing Business
Date
08-28
Description
Letter from Enos B. Moore to his brother discussing business. He mentioned being on the steamboat Prentiss. He referred to Captain Jo Brown not being able to dock when he previously travelled. He mentioned Captain Titus Brown was there to help load luggage and move it. The fare was going up from Vicksburg to Cairo or St. Louis.
P-103 Morse, William H. California Gold Rush Correspondence
Title
P-103 Morse, William H. California Gold Rush Correspondence
Date
1849-04-04
Description
This letter was written in 1849 by a forty-niner in St. Louis, one William H. Morse, to a friend back home in New England. He’s been in St. Louis for three weeks, the last stop on the frontier, as he prepares to embark on a journey westward on the overland trail, making his way to California in search of gold. He describes his 35 day trip thus far, from an unnamed town in the northeast, south

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