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Photograph of Steamer City of Natchez
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Photograph of Steamer City of Natchez
Description
Page 2 Carpenter-Moore Family Riverboat Scrapbook A -- City of Natchez was part of the Anchor Line and served cities between St. Louis and New Orleans from 1885 to 1886. This page is part of a scrapbook that contains hundreds of photographs of riverboats operating on the Mississippi River from the late 19th- and early 20th-centuries.
Important to Western & Southern Bound Passengers Ohio & Mississippi Railroad
Title
Important to Western & Southern Bound Passengers Ohio & Mississippi Railroad
Date
1855, 1855
Description
Broadside advertising the Ohio and Mississippi Railroad as a means of travel from New England to The South and West.
Letter From Captain Enos B. Moore to His Brother About Christmas 1856
Title
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 brother to watch out for collisions near Yazoo City and called them "one of the greatest dangers" there. Moore mentioned seeing Jim Watkins on the Madison and heard their father might be making a trip down, and hoped to take at least one trip with him.
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 it. He had not heard any news from New Orleans as he continued to carry freight between Cairo and Cincinnati. Moore said he believed the steamboats had seen their best days, at least until they could be revolutionized. He made plans for a pleasure trip to New Orleans when he could hear back from family.
Letter From Captain Enos B. Moore to His Brother About Ordering a Monument 1856
Title
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
Title
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 if Duvall would stop but hoped to get the boat taken in. He had only half-freight as he was not able to get the rest.
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-084: Captain Enos B. Moore Diaries and Correspondence
Title
P-084: Captain Enos B. Moore Diaries and Correspondence
Date
1853
Description
This collection of letters and diaries of Captain Enos B. Moore preserves a turbulent time in US and river history, the years leading up to and through the Civil War. Moore piloted steamboats on the Mississippi and Ohio Rivers for 45 years, between 1844-1889. The letters date from 1853 to 1865. The four diaries contain daily entries for years 1859, 1860, 1861, and 1865. Subjects include river
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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