Item #100218 Two 1822/1829 Raleigh North Carolina Pamphlets, on the Convention Question and regarding State Banks
Two 1822/1829 Raleigh North Carolina Pamphlets, on the Convention Question and regarding State Banks
Two 1822/1829 Raleigh North Carolina Pamphlets, on the Convention Question and regarding State Banks
Two 1822/1829 Raleigh North Carolina Pamphlets, on the Convention Question and regarding State Banks
Two 1822/1829 Raleigh North Carolina Pamphlets, on the Convention Question and regarding State Banks
Two 1822/1829 Raleigh North Carolina Pamphlets, on the Convention Question and regarding State Banks
Two 1822/1829 Raleigh North Carolina Pamphlets, on the Convention Question and regarding State Banks
Two 1822/1829 Raleigh North Carolina Pamphlets, on the Convention Question and regarding State Banks

Two 1822/1829 Raleigh North Carolina Pamphlets, on the Convention Question and regarding State Banks

Raleigh, North Carolina: 1822. Debate on the convention question, in the House of Commons of the legislature of North Carolina; Dec. 18 & 19, 1821
By North Carolina General Assembly House of Representatives

Published: Raleigh. Gales. 1822. FIRST EDITION.



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Debate on the bill directing a prosecution against the several banks of the State and to restore and preserve the character of the circulating medium, which took place in the House of Commons of North Carolina from December 29th, 1828, to January 6th, 1829.
By North Carolina General Assembly House of Representatives

Published: Raleigh : Printed by J. Gales & Son, 1829. FIRST EDITION.

78, 121 pp. Two incredibly rare separately paginated early NC pamphlets bound together. With inscription "Presented to my Grand Son Alfred Cleon Moore, March 24th 1887 by his old Grand Father A.C. Moore," Obituary of A.C. Moore (more info below) pasted on inside of front cover, corner torn off first 2 pages, staining and acidification, separation between spine and front cover. Second pamphlet also signed.


A really nice copy of this work. Not Ex-Lib.

A.C. Moore was a relatively wealthy man and apparently well respected by the community. He was born in Patrick Co. Va. in 1805 to William Moore (1771-1819) and Jane Hanby (1783 - 1817), and was the fourth of nine children. Both of his parents had died by the time he was only fourteen, and he was raised by his uncle and guardian, Gallahue Moore, just over the N.C. state line in Surry Co.. Gallahue became a North Carolina state legislator from 1825-6, while young Alfred attended Madison Academy, and eventually North Carolina at Chapel Hill.. According to his 1890 obituary, he studied law under Powell Hughes, and was elected to the N.C. state house as one its youngest legislators ever, at age 23. Three times he was elected from Surry Co. between 1828-1830, receiving his N.C. law license in 1829. During what proved to be his third and final term in the legislature, he somewhere met Ann Frances "Nancy" Kent of Wythe Co., Va., and married her in March of 1830. Their first child, Margaret Lucinda Emily was born December 1st, during the middle of the three month long 1830 session of the state house. He did not stand for re-election in March of 1831, having moved to Wythe Co., Va.. It is not known if he was in Wythe Co. or in Raleigh on his first child's birthday.

Alfred was appointed Colonel of the 35th Virginia Military Infantry, 19th Brigade, 5th Division in May, 1839, and promoted to Brigadier General of this same militia sometime before the Civil War. His tombstone, erected upon his death in 1890 in the McGavock-Kent Ft. Chiswell Cemetery, reads "Gen. Alfred C. Moore".

The census of 1850 valued his estate at $20,000. He and his wife, the former Ann "Nancy" Frances Kent had eight children: Margaret Lucinda Emily 1830-1845; Sarah Jane (Finnie), 1832-1917 (2 children); Joseph Kent, 1834-1841; Algernon Sidney, 1836-1862; Jacob Melvin, 1838-1893 (4 children); Robert Emmett, 1838-1924 (twin with Jacob); William Orville, 1841-1913 (10 children); Ann "Nancy" Eliza, 1843-1871; In 1860, A.C. Moore's real estate was valued at $15,000 and his personal estate at $8,000. Undoubtedly his fifteen slaves (ranging in age from sixty to five years old) made up the bulk of the value of his personal estate. The slave census of 1860 also indicated that A.C. Moore possessed three "slave houses."

Just as interesting was the fact that in the 1860 census, Eliza Kent, Nancy's sister, owned thirty-five slaves, real estate valued at $12,000, and a personal estate of $16,000. Slaves were costly, and the possession of thirty-five slaves put Eliza in the upper echelons of Virginia's wealthy. It is probable that A.C.Moore made use of Eliza's slaves on his own farm, considering the family ties, and the fact that she had moved into the house with him and five of his six living children, as recorded in this same census.

A.C. Moore's Civil War career fluctuated greatly with the events and fortunes of war. On May 25, 1861, Governor Letcher appointed him, and about twenty other Virginians, to the rank of Colonel "in the Active Volunteer Forces of the State." Moore accepted his nomination November 23, 1861, and was confirmed in December. Col. A.C. Moore was installed on November 4, 1861 as the commander of the 29th Virginia infantry and placed under the authority of Brigadier General Humphrey Marshall. Gen.Marshall was the commander for eastern Kentucky and southwestern Virginia and his army fought several minor battles in that area.

Col. Moore's career in the army almost ended early, in December, 1861. Gen. Marshall had been pleading for Col. Moore to bring up his reinforcements from Wytheville,Virginia, to Pound Gap for the defense of Abingdon. Col. Moore would not bring his troops up, due to lack of adequate supplies but this was unknown to Gen. Marshall who on December 22 sent orders that Col. Moore be arrested in Abingdon. Fortunately, several days later Col. Moore arrived at Pound Gap with his regiment, having passed the courier who relayed the message of arrest. Since Col. Moore had arrived so soon and his help was badly needed, Gen. Marshall decided not to proceed with the court-martial and dropped the charges. Col. Moore was commanding an estimated 450 men at this time, out of Gen. Marshall's force of 3,000. After this incident, Gen. Marshall's correspondence rarely depicts Col. Moore favorably.

The Battle of Middle Creek (in Floyd County, Kentucky) took place on January 10, 1862. Col. Moore had a major role in this battle. The 29th Virginia Infantry Regiment was stationed along a ridge with Col. Williams' regiment of the 5th Kentuckians. The Confederates were poorly supplied, and suffered terribly from exposure and the lack of ammunition. Despite this adversity, the heavily outnumbered Confederates held back the Union troops under future President, Col. James Garfield. In his report., Col. Moore stated that his regiment was in the "forefront" of the battle and lost "five killed, twelve wounded." After this battle, the confederates retreated back into Virginia, and the federals back down the valley. During February, Col. Moore lost two of his men from exposure to the cold. Evidently, he was stationed in southwestern Virginia until early 1863, when his regiment was ordered to eastern Virginia. His resignation, dated March 30, 1863, was sent from his headquarters in Southhampton County, in eastern Virginia. Col. Moore submitted his resignation for reasons of "advanced age" and "failing health." He was fifty-seven years old and his health had been deteriorated by the rough life of active duty, although he lived another 27 years. Despite his conflict with Gen. Marshall, Col. Moore was well thought of by other Virginia officials. There were several recommendations for his promotion to brigadier general. One of the earliest was written by his fellow officers on September 16, 1862, to President Davis. Their sector was needing another general, and they declared that Col. Moore had the greatest claim because he was the senior colonel. They mentioned his "gallant" conduct at Middle Creek and praised him in other ways. However, he was not promoted. Another undated letter written to Davis by a member of the Preston family also called for Col. Moore's promotion, and cited basically the same reasons the other letter did. Even after Col. Moore had resigned, Gen. Breckinridge and other officers wrote a letter dated June 7, 1864, recommending Col.Moore's appointment to the position of brigadier general. Again, it seems nothing came of this letter. In retrospect, these recommendations illustrate the fact that Col. A. C. Moore was respected and held in high esteem by many ranking Virginia personages.

All four of Col. A.C. Moore's living sons were involved in the Civil War. Capt. W.O. Moore was an officer in the 22nd Virginia Cavalry (also called Bowen's Mounted Riflemen). William Orville Moore enlisted as a Lt. in the 45th Va. Infantry but quickly moved to his father's 29th Va. Infantry where he enlisted in Company A in May 1862 as a 3rd Lt.. He was promoted to an Adjutant in September 1862. After his father had resigned in March, 1863, he left the 29th in September 1863 to form and become Captain of Company "G" in the 22nd Va. Cavalry. When the ranking regimental officers were either dead or injured from late 1864 through Appomatox, he appears to have shared the role as "Colonel" of the 22nd with two other Company Captains in these last months of the war. Their commissions were never conferred, although he was belatedly referred as "Colonel" for the remainder of his life. He was in thirty-seven battles and engagements during the war. He did survive the war, however one of his brothers unfortunately did not.

His oldest brother, Algernon Sidney Moore died from "camp disease" in April, 1862, while Adjutant for his father in the 29th Va.. There is a sad but brief reference to the impending death of Algernon Sidney in a letter dated April 25,1862, written to Gen. Robert E. Lee by Brig. Gen. Marshall. It stated that Col. A.C. Moore was absent and unable to give his report because he was at home "by the dying bedside of his son, Adjutant Moore." The letter does not report anything further about the matter. Algernon had died on the 23rd of April.

Col. Moore's middle two sons were twins, Robert Emmett and Jacob Melvin. Dr. Robert Emmett Moore graduated from Emory & Henry Medical College in 1861 and enlisted as assistant surgeon with his father's 29th Va. Regiment in November 1861. He was transferred to the staff hospital at Montgomery White Sulphur Springs in January 1863, and transferred to Wytheville Camp as post surgeon in October 1864, where he finished the war, although his pay vouchers show him assigned to the 22nd Cavalry.

Twin brother Jacob Melvin Moore apparently stayed home with his sisters and worked the farm in his family's absence until Col. A.C. Moore returned in 1863, when he joined with brother William Orville and enlisted in August 1863 in William Orville's Company "G" 22nd Cav. as a 2nd Lt. and was promoted to 1st Lt. in June 1864. He shared many of the same engagements with his youngest brother, Capt. William Orville Moore.

The Civil War took its toll upon the A.C. Moore family, causing the death of one of his sons and the disruption of his family. His slaves were freed, and the way of life as he knew it ended. His son, W.O. Moore, presumably saw no other choice but to sell a half interest in the "Locust Hill Farm'' to Harry Groome of Philadelphia. All 2,347 acres of the original Kent land had been heired to A. C. Moore's six living children by 1866. That is when William Orville received his share, and sold half interest to Groome. Item #100218

Price: $2,500.00