The American monthly magazine . eme Execu-tive Council of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Mygrandfather was his younger son, and disgusted with the lawof Primogeniture, which gave to his brother, Thomas LloydMoore, the estate when his father died, came west to Louis-ville, purchasing property on both sides of the Ohio river. InLouisville he married Catharine Allen, a beautiful Virginian,and the only child born to them was my mother, Sarah LloydRobert Moore. The portraits of these beautiful women paintedby Jewett are in my drawing-room. M. H. Jewett was thedistinguished Kentucky artist, whose
The American monthly magazine . eme Execu-tive Council of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Mygrandfather was his younger son, and disgusted with the lawof Primogeniture, which gave to his brother, Thomas LloydMoore, the estate when his father died, came west to Louis-ville, purchasing property on both sides of the Ohio river. InLouisville he married Catharine Allen, a beautiful Virginian,and the only child born to them was my mother, Sarah LloydRobert Moore. The portraits of these beautiful women paintedby Jewett are in my drawing-room. M. H. Jewett was thedistinguished Kentucky artist, whose work is still much ad-mired. My great aunt, Elizabeth Moore, sister of my Karne\ Moore, married the Marquis Barbe de was born at Metz in 1745. In 1779 he came to America,as Secretary of Legation under Chevalier de la Luzerne, andwhen that minister returned to France in 1784, he becameCharge daffairs, in which capacity he continued in this country r-f^t- » if. lis. .If .•^- ».:.t-f->». 2?.:±S£225:^asr;,.,3ttEJu*u:y•I 1:: SARAH LOYD MOORE EWING POPE, REGENT OF THE STATE OF KENTUCKY. ANCESTRY. 405 till promoted to the place of Intendent of Hispanola in 1785,a period six years. In the United States he is known as an author by his His-tory of Louisiana and a work on the Treason of BenedictArnold. Elizabeth, his wife, had one daughter who marriedthe Duke of Plaisance, son of Le Brun, one of Napoleons col-leagues in the Consulate. Madame, the Duchess de Plaisance, built a palace in Athensin which she resided till her death, when the relatives in thiscountry inherited her estates. The nuptials of M. de Marbois and Elizabeth Moore werecelebrated in June, 1784. The ceremony was performed in theministers chapel, and in the evening b}- Parson White at theresidence of her father, Governor Moore. Washington wrotethe Marquis on this occasion: It was with great pleasure Ireceived from your own pen an account of the agreeable andhappy connection
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