TRIBUTE TO THE MEMORY OF BARTHOLOMEW FIGURES MOORE; Containing the proceedings of a meeting of the Bar of North Carolina, called by the Raleigh bar, and held at the Senate chamber in the capitol at Raleigh, on the 11th of January, 1879; With the remarks of Hon. Will. H. Battle at the meeting; Also, an address, delivered by Ed. Graham Haywood, Esq., of the Raleigh bar, on the occasion. With an appendix de [MOORE] - 1879

Raleigh, NC: Edwards & Broughton, Printers and Binders, 1879. First edition. 8vo. 56 pp. Moore (1801-1878), a Halifax County native and 1820 UNC graduate, served in the state legislature in the 1830s and 1840s, remained a staunch Unionist during the Civil War, aided in the writing of a new state constitution and laws relating to freedmen following the conflict, and had steady work in Federal courts before his death. Relatively uncommon, OCLC locates 13 copies. Original printed gray wrappers (old light tideline at lower margins of wrappers and a few leaves of text), cover title enclosed within a bold black mourning border. Two owners' inscriptions, a number of text passages marked in pencil, else very good.