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802 MOORE In 1751 he became editor of " The World," in which his own articles appeared under the pseudonyme of Adam Fitz Adam. He was the author of two comedies, both of which failed. His tragedy of " The Gamester " (1753) achieved popularity, and is still performed. MOORE, Henry, an Irish clergyman, born in Dublin in 1751, died in 1843. Under the preaching of the Wesleys he united with the Methodists, was admitted to probation in 1779, labored several years in Ireland, and then be- came John Wesley's confidential counsellor. He was successful as a revivalist, and founded numerous chapels. After the death of Wesley he was prominent in the discussion as to a church government, advocating the episcopal form. He also defended the itinerant system and the right of Wesley an ministers to adminis- ter the sacraments. He was the last survivor of those whom Wesley had ordained. His princi- pal works are : " Life of the Rev. John Wesley, A. M., including the Life of his Brother the Rev. Charles Wesley, and Memoirs of their Family" (1824), and "Memoir of Mary Fletcher." MOORE. I. Jacob Bailey, an American author, born in Andover, N. H., Oct. 31, 1797, died at Bellows Falls, Vt., Sept. 1, 1853. In early life he was a printer at Concord, N. H., in partnership with his brother-in-law Isaac Hill, and in 1823 he became a bookseller and pub- lisher. With the assistance of John Farmer he edited and published " Collections, Topograph- ical, Historical, and Biographical, relating principally to New Hampshire " (3 vols., 1822- '4). From 1826 to 1829 he edited the " New Hampshire Journal;" he was sheriff of Merri- mack county from 1829 to 1834; and in 1839 he edited the New York "Daily Whig." For four years he was a government clerk at Washington ; then he became librarian of the New York historical society, and from 1849 to 1853 he was postmaster of San Francisco. His other principal works are : " Annals of the Town of Concord," with a memoir of the Penacook Indians (1824) ; " Laws of Trade in the United States " (1840) ; and " Memoirs of American Governors " (1846). The last named work, left incomplete, was designed to embrace all the colonial and provincial governors to the revolution. II. George Henry, an American au- thor, son of the preceding, born in Concord, N. H., April 20, 1823. He went to New York in 1839, and became assistant librarian of the historical society in 1841 and librarian in 1849, which office he still holds (1875). He has pub- lished " The Treason of Charles Lee " (1860), "Employment of Negroes in the Revolution- ary Army " (1862), " Notes on the History of Slavery in Massachusetts" (1866), and "His- tory of the Jurisprudence of New York." The university of New York has conferred upon him the degree of LL. D. III. Frank, an Amer- ican editor, brother of the preceding, born in Concord, N. H., Dec. 17, 1828. He was sec- retary of legation at Paris in 1869-'72. His principal work is "The Rebellion Record" (12 vols. 8vo, 1861-'71). He has also edited " Songs and Ballads of the American Revolu- tion " (1856), " Diary of the American Revo- lution " (2 vols. 8vo, 1860), " Lyrics of Loy- alty" and "Rebel Rhymes and Rhapsodies" (1864), and other works. MOORE, John, a Scottish author, born in Stir- ling in 1729, died at Richmond, near London, Feb. 28, 1802. He graduated at Glasgow, trav- elled extensively on the continent, chiefly as a private tutor, and afterward practised medicine in London. He wrote "A View of Society and Manners in France, Switzerland, and Ger- many" (London, 1779), of which several edi- tions and numerous translations were pub- lished within ten years; "A View of Society and Manners in Italy " (1781) ; and " Zeluco," a novel (1789). A uniform edition of his writings, with a memoir, was prepared by Dr. Robert Anderson (7 vols. 8vo, Edinburgh, 1820). MOORE, Sir John, a British general, eldest son of the preceding, born in Glasgow, Nov. 13, 1761, fell in battle at Corunna, Spain, Jan. 16, 1809. He was educated chiefly on the continent while his father was travelling with the duke of Hamilton. He received a com- mission in the army in 1776, and served in Minorca and afterward in America till 1783, when his regiment was disbanded. He held a seat in parliament for a short time. In 1787 he was made a major, and in 1790 he became lieutenant colonel of his regiment, which he accompanied in 1793 to Gibraltar. In 1794 he was sent to Corsica, where he distinguished himself and was wounded. He was made brig- adier general in 1795, and in 1796 took part in the capture of the island of St. Lucia, West Indies, of which he was made governor. He completely subdued the bands of insurgent negroes, but ill health obliged him to return home in 1797. During the Irish rebellion of 1798 he served on the staff of Sir Ralph Aber- cromby, and was promoted to the rank of major general. In June, 1799, he accompanied the duke of York on his disastrous expedition to Holland, and was severely wounded. In the Egyptian expedition in 1801 he received a sabre wound in the chest and a bullet in the thigh. On the surrender of Alexandria he re- turned to England and was knighted. He afterward went to Sicily, and thence, in May, 1808, at the head of about 10,000 men, to Sweden to assist in the defence of that country against Napoleon. He had difficulty with Gus- tavus Adolphus IV., returned with his troops to England, and was sent to Portugal, where, after the expulsion of the French, he was ap- pointed to the command of the army intended to cooperate with the Spanish forces in the pen- insula. He advanced from Lisbon in October, 1808, but discovered that the patriotic zeal which had been expected did not exist, and the Spanish forces were defeated at all points. He lingered awhile at Salamanca; but Napoleon at the head of a large force, supported by the whole of the French armies in the peninsula,