AT A MEETING OF THE MEMBERS OF THE BAR, ASSEMBLED TO TESTIFY THEIR RESPECT FOR THE MEMORY OF THEIR DECEASED BROTHER, JACOB HUNTER, ESQ., AUGUSTUS MOORE ESQ. WAS CALLED TO THE CHAIR AND WILLIAM W. H. SMITH WAS APPOINTED SECRETARY. . .
[North Carolina: c. 1840?]. Single leaf, 9-1/4" x 11-14," in ink script, written on the recto and seven lines of the verso. Old horizontal fold, small chip at blank margin. Very Good. Signed at the end, "Augustus Moore | Chairman."
The Meeting, called to honor the memory of fellow attorney Jacob Hunter, elected a committee to create an appropriate memorial. It was "Resolved, that in the death of our brother the Bar has lost a lawyer of fair abilities, and a man pre-eminently distinguished for every social virtue. Resolved, that in testimony of the respect we entertain for the deceased, we will wear crape in the left arm for thirty days."
Augustus Moore [1803-1851] "was a prominent legal figure in the area, graduating from the University of North Carolina in 1824 and receiving his license to practice law the following year. He presided over numerous cases and distinguished himself enough to be appointed judge of the Superior Court in 1848, only to resign that same year" [online "Augustus Moore Family Papers", Manuscript Coll. #1216, E. Carolina University Library.]. Item #41492
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