This is a collection of chiefly papers (1877-1909) relating to Moore's efforts to obtain a pension as a result of an injury suffered as a sailor aboard the USS WINNIPEC during the Civil War; and other papers. Includes correspondence, accounts, bills, receipts, affidavits, agreements, deeds, and bills of sale.

The collection includes letters, bills, receipts, accounts, agreements, charter parties, bills of lading, marine insurance receipts, telegrams, and tax lists, relative primarily to 73 schooners involved in coastwise trade. A few of the represented vessels include include GENERAL PEAVY, COTTAGE, WILLOW, CATHERINE WILCOX, OREGON, and J.R. HAMMOND.