The Right Reverend Benjamin Moore

Benjamin Moore (1748 – 1816) was the second bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of New York. Year 1748 ( MDCCXLVIII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Year 1816 ( MDCCCXVI) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year A bishop is an ordained or consecrated member of the Christian clergy who is generally entrusted with a position of authority and oversight The Episcopal Diocese of New York is a Diocese of the Episcopal Church in the United States of America, encompassing the Boroughs of Manhattan He was the father of Clement Clarke Moore by his marriage to Charity Clarke. Clement Clarke Moore ( July 15, 1779 – July 10, 1863) is the credited author of A Visit from St Having attended King's College, he also served as its acting president during the first year of the American Revolution and, later, president of its successor, Columbia College (now Columbia University). In this article the inhabitants of the thirteen colonies that supported the American Revolution are primarily referred to as "Americans" with occasional references to "Patriots" History Columbia College was founded as King’s College by royal charter of King George II of England in the Columbia University is a private University in the United States and a member of the Ivy League.

Charity Clarke was the older sister of Mary Clarke, married twice, to Richard Vassal, a planter in Jamaica, and to Sir Gilbert Affleck, 2nd Bt (– 1808), who by her first marriage had one daughter, Elizabeth Vassal, married to Sir Godfrey Webster, 4th Baronet (1719 – 1800), later divorced, and secondly to Henry Richard Vassal-Fox, 3rd Baron Holland. Jamaica (ˈdʒəˈmeɪkə} is an Island nation of the Greater Antilles, in length and as much as in width situated in the Caribbean Sea. A baronet (traditional abbreviation Bart, modern abbreviation Bt) or the rare female equivalent a baronetess (abbreviation Btss) is the holder Year 1808 ( MDCCCVIII) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Year 1719 ( MDCCXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Year -of the Julian calendar. The Gregorian calendar was 11 days ahead of the Julian calendar until Friday, but 12 days ahead since Saturday. Henry Richard Vassal-Fox 3rd Baron Holland of Holland and 3rd Baron Holland of Foxley ( 21 November 1773 - 22 October 1840) was an In turn they were the daughters of Maj. Thomas Clarke, a retired British veteran of the French and Indian War, and wife Mary Stillwell, who was the younger sister of Anna Stillwell, married to Theodosius Bartow, the parents of Theodosia Bartow, first wife of Aaron Burr, Vice President of the United States of America (1756 – 1836). The French and Indian War (1754&ndash1763 was the North American chapter of the Seven Years' War. This article discusses Aaron Burr (1756-1836 the US politician The Vice President of the United States is the first person in the presidential line of succession, becoming the new President of the United States upon the death Year 1756 ( MDCCLVI) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Year 1836 ( MDCCCXXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap ^[1] Maj. Thomas Clarke was the proprietor of the house "Chelsea", at the time a country estate, and of much of its neighborhood, the which gave its name to the surrounding neighborhood of Chelsea, Manhattan. Clarke named his house for a hospital in London that served war veterans. 'Chelsea' was later inherited by Thomas Clarke's daughter, Charity Clarke Moore, and ultimately by grandson Clement and his family.

Of note: as a girl, Moore's wife, Charity Clarke, wrote letters to her English cousins that are preserved at Columbia University and show her disdain for the policies of the English Monarchy and her growing sense of patriotism in pre-revolutionary days.

Benjamin Moore's nephew, Nathaniel Fish Moore, was later also president of Columbia. Nathaniel Fish Moore, the nephew of former president Benjamin Moore, was Columbia's eighth president he had earlier been a lawyer and served on the faculty

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• Documents by and about Moore

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