Thomas Stuart Letter
This collection houses a three-page letter from Thomas Stuart, Attorney of the U. S. for West Tennessee, to George Simpson, Cashier of the United States Bank in Philadelphia, documenting counterfeiting rings and specifically the incarceration of a counterfeiter named Thomas Moore in Nashville, Tennessee. In this document, Stuart passes on a copy of a letter he has received from Jas. Doyle and D. Dicky of North Carolina warning that some of Moore's associates may be planning to break him out of jail and recommends that strict security be enforced and Governor John Page of Virginia be warned.
Dates
- 1805
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Extent
0.1 Linear Feet
Abstract
This collection houses a three-page letter from Thomas Stuart, Attorney of the U. S. for West Tennessee, to George Simpson, Cashier of the United States Bank in Philadelphia, documenting counterfeiting rings and specifically the incarceration of a counterfeiter named Thomas Moore in Nashville, Tennessee. In this document, Stuart passes on a copy of a letter he has received from Jas. Doyle and D. Dicky of North Carolina warning that some of Moore's associates may be planning to break him out of jail and recommends that strict security be enforced and Governor John Page of Virginia be warned.
Biographical/Historical Note
Thomas Stuart was born to John and Ann Stuart on June 11, 1862 in Pennsylvania. Although it is not known where or with whom he studied law, he was licensed to practice in Davidson County in 1796 and admitted to the Bar in Sumner County in July 1797. Stuart practiced law in Kentucky for several years before returning to Tennessee and accepting a position as the Fourth Circuit's first Circuit Court judge. He began his term on May 14, 1810 and spent the next 26 years hearing civil and criminal cases in the Fourth Circuit's eight counties: Williamson, Davidson, Wilson, Lincoln, Rutherford, Giles, Maury, and Bedford. He also sat on the Supreme Court of Errors and Appeals handling cases transferred from the Fifth Circuit. He retired due to failing health in February of 1836 and died on October 16, 1838 in Williamson County.
Stuart married Margaret Larimore (1768-1835) prior to 1802, and the couple had no children.
Arrangement
Collection consists of a single folder.
Acquisition Note
The University of Tennessee Libraries, Knoxville, Special Collections purchased this collection in June of 2002.
Repository Details
Part of the Betsey B. Creekmore Special Collections and University Archives, University of Tennessee, Knoxville Repository