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in 1900. from Yale university, in October, 1901. His publislied works embrace : Report on Ex- traterritorial Crime and the Cutting Case (1887); Report on Extradition, loith returns of Cases (189;)); A Treatise on Extradition and Interstate Rendition (3 vols., 1891); American Notes on the Conflict of Laws, accompanying Dicey's Con- flict of Laws (1890); A History and Digest of International Arbritrations (6 vols., 1898); Liter- national Laio Situations, with Solutions and Notes ( 1901 ) . His miscellaneous writings include numerous papers and addresses on legal and his- torical subjects and his writings as one of the editors of the Political Science Quarterly, of the Revtie de Droit International, and of the Journal du Droit International Privi.

MOORE, John Leverett, educator, was born in New York city, June 6, 1859 ; son of Alexander Thompson and Fidelia (Leverett) Moore ; grand- son of John and Esther Steele (Wellman) Leverett, and a descendant of Sir John Leverett, governor of Massachusetts, 1673-79, wliose father, Tliomas Leverett, emigrated from Boston, Eng- land, in 1633. He was prepared for college by a private tutor and was graduated from the College of New Jersey (Princeton), A.B.,1881, A.M., 1884 ; was a tutor in Latin at the College of New Jersey, 1883-85 ; instructor in Latin at Johns Hopkins uni- versity, 1888-91, and in 1891 was elected professor of Latin at Vassar college. Poughkeepsie, N.Y. He was elected a member of the American Philolog- ical association in 1887 ; of the ArchaBological Institute of America in 1896, and of the man- aging committee of the American School of Classical Study in Rome in 1895. He received t!ie degree of Ph.D. from the Johns Hopkins university in 1891. He was married, Dec. 23, 1891, to Nancy Clark, daughter of John Howell and Annie (Campbell) Williams. He became a member of the University club of New York city in 1893, and of the Princeton club of New York city in 1899. He is the author of Latin Profte Exercises (1898).

MOORE, John Weeks, musical editor, was born in Andover, N.H., April 11, 1807; son of Dr. Jacob Bailey and Mary (Eaton) Moore ; grandson of Dr. Coffin and Comfort (Weeks) Moore, and a descendant of Dr. Coffin Moore, and of Col. Jona- than Moore, a British officer who came to America long before the Revolution, and was a resident of Stratham, N.H. He was educated in the public school of Andover, the high school, Concord, N.H.,andat Plymouth academy. He was a journeyman printer in Dover, N.H., 1825- 26 ; established the Androscoggin Free Press, Brunswick, Maine, in company with Nathaniel Wells, in 1827 ; the Semi-Weekly Advertiser, with his brother, Henry E. Moore, at Concord, N.H., in 1831 ; established the first musical newspaper in

New Hampshire in 1834 ; assisted E. F. Lancaster in the office of the Strafford Republican, and commenced the Gazette at Bellows Falls, Vt., in 1838. He returned to New Hampshire in 1863, published and edited T/ie Daily News in 1869, and became editor of the New Hampshire Journal of Music in 1873. He edited : Vocal and Instru- mental Instructor (1843); Sacred Minstrel (1848); Complete Encyclopcedia of Music, Elementary Historical, Biographical, Vocal and Instrumental (1854); American Collection of Instrumental Music (1856); Star Collection of Instrumental Mu^ic (1858) ; Appendix to Encyclopcedia of Music (1875); Musical Record (5 vols., 1867-70), and Historical, Biographical and Miscellaneous Gath- erings Relative to Printers, Printing, Publishing of Books, Newspapers, Magazines and other Literary Productions from 14^0 to 1886 (1886, vol. II., Ms.). He died at Manchester, N.H., March 23, 1889.

MOORE, John White, naval officer, was born n Plattsburgh, N.Y., May 24, 1832 ; son of Amasa Corbin and Charlotte Elizabeth (Mooers) Moore ; grandson of Pliny and Martin (Corbin) Moore, and of Gen. Benjamin and Hannah (Piatt) Mooers. He en- tered the U.S. navy as 3d as- sistant engin- eer, May 21, 18- 53 ; was appoint- ed 2d assistant, June 27, 1855 ; 1st assistant, July 21, 1858, and chief engin- eer, Aug. 5, 1861. ^'^'^- "^'ACARA, His first sea service was on board the Saranac, Mediterranean squadron, 1853-56, at the time of the Crimean war. He was on board the Niagara^ engaged in laying the Atlantic cable, 1857 ; on the Qaigship Richmond, in the Mediterranean, 1860-61 ; on the West Gulf blockading squadron, 1861-63, where he originated the use of iron chain cables to protect the sides of wooden vessels, the use of " war paint " and of fighting tops pro- tected by boiler iron to defend the crews against sharpshooters on the river banks. He was gen- eral superintendent of iron-clads in New York, August, 1863 ; a member of the board of ex- aminers, Philadelphia, October, 1863 ; supervising inspector of machinery, Boston, Mass., January, 1864 ; fleet engineer on the staff of Admiral Far- ragut in Europe on board the Franklin, 1867 ; on special duty at various points, 1869-72 ; chief en- gineer on the flagship Hartford, Asiatic station, 1872-76 ; attended the Franklin celebration on the staff of Admiral Porter. October, 1881 ; was fleet engineer of the Pacific station on board the Hartfordf 1882-86, and supervising inspector at