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Throughout his life, George Moore addressed letters to family members, friends, fans, associates, and the editors of newspapers. They were variously handwritten, typed by a secretary, and printed in periodicals and books.

In general my transcriptions of the letters are “medium fidelity.” To enhance readability, I silently normalized layout and emended illegible handwriting, typos, and careless (versus intentional) spelling errors. I bracketed text that I inserted and omitted non-textual elements.

The letters are grouped in chronological order by decade, then by year, then listed by calendar date and recipient. When possible I dated undated letters based on internal or contextual evidence.

My normalized numerical date format is year-month-day (0000-00-00) when the full date is known; year-month (0000-00) when the day is unknown; and year-period (0000-early) when both month and day are unknown. 

The letters are not annotated. In the digital age it seems wiser (to me) to publish letters “raw” for human and machine readers. Hyperlinks may be added to facilitate exploration, but never to pages behind a paywall.

See the page Editing Letters for a discussion of how I and others transcribe letters. Visit the GMi Shop for an ebook of The Letters of George Moore 1863-1901.