Jacob Bailey Moore (October 31, 1797 – September 1, 1853) was an American journalist, printer, newspaper editor and historical writer. He also was elected to the New Hampshire General Court (state legislature) and was deputy postmaster of San Francisco.
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Moore's ancestors emigrated to the United States from Scotland. His father (born in Georgetown, Maine, September 5, 1772; died in Andover, New Hampshire, January 10, 1813), who had the same name, was a physician. The elder Moore studied medicine, settled in Andover in 1796, and practiced successfully until 1812, when he was appointed surgeon's mate in the United States Army. The elder Moore wrote verses and numerous newspaper articles, and composed several pieces of music that were published in Samuel Holyoke's Columbian Repository.
Moore was born in 1797 in Andover, New Hampshire. He became an apprentice under Isaac Hill in 1813 and learned the printer's trade at Concord. The two men became partners publishing the New Hampshire Patriot, but ended their partnership in 1823 due to political differences, Moore being a supporter of John Quincy Adams while Hill supported Andrew Jackson. Moore was one of the founders of the New Hampshire Historical Society (established in 1823) and was that organization's first librarian. Later, he engaged in editorial work and edited the New Hampshire Journal from 1826 until 1829, when he was elected sheriff of Merrimack County. He was elected to the state legislature in 1828, but resigned shortly after being elected.
Moore was elected a member of the American Antiquarian Society in 1821. In 1839, he moved to New York City and edited the Daily Whig. Moore was a clerk employed by the United States Post Office in Washington, D.C., 1841–1845, then returned to New York and served as librarian of the New York Historical Society from 1845 to 1849. In 1850, he was named deputy postmaster of San Francisco by President Millard Fillmore.