CJBM

Keelys work, the work we have been enjoying, we owe entirely to Mrs. Clara Jessup Bloomfield-Moore. She financed his research and wrote prolifically attempting to interest science of her day to look at and accept his discoveries.

Mrs. Moore was a remarkable woman. She was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, February 16, 1824, and was a daughter of the distinguished scientist, Augustus Edward Jessup, for many years an active member of the Academy of Natural Sciences and was part of the exploratory team to Yellowstone, Wyoming territory. She received her education partly at home and partly at the Westfield (Mass.) Academy. October 27, 1842, she married at Westfield, Bloomfield Haines Moore, of Philadelphia, who subsequently established (with his father-in-law) the well-known paper manufacturing firm of Jessup & Moore located near Wilmington, Delaware. His death in 1878 deprived Philadelphia of one of its outstanding citizens. The Philadelphia Inquirer published a long editorial, the writer of which stated that: "It was the unswerving rectitude, the untiring industry and doubtless enterprise which marked his career from first to last, that made his life of such value to his fellow-citizens and gave him his true distinction." Mrs. Moore was a prolific writer, her publications including: The Young Ladies Friend (1876), On Dangerous Ground (1876), Sensible Etiquette (1878), Slander and Gossip (1882), and Social Ethics and Social Duties (Boston: Estes and Lauriat, 1892. Copy held at Stanford Un.) Commentary on marriage, divorce, self improvement, and university education for women. Her last years were passed in London, where she was presented at the Court of Queen Victoria and associated with the greatest literary minds of England, including Robert Browning who was her greatest friend and for whom she wrote an eulogy. Her generosity enriched several institutions, including the Franklin Institute and the University of Pennsylvania (to each of which she donated $10,000 as memorials to her husband), and the Pennsylvania Museum and School of Industrial Art at Philadelphia (to which she presented her priceless art collection as a memorial to her husband, and which bears his name). She died in London, January 5, 1899. She and Mr. Moore were the parents of three children:

1. Ella Carlton (1843-1892); m. 1864 Count Carl Gustaf von Rosen, Commander-Captain, Swedish Navy;

2. Clarence Bloomfield-Moore (1852-1936); unmarried; Became renown archeologist with extensive digs and work throughout Florida.

3. Lillian Augusta Stuart (1853-1911); m. 1874 Baron Carl Nils Daniel de Bildt, Swedish Minister to Italy, and an eminent historian. (1)

CJBM Biography

Other Works by Clara Jessup Bloomfield-Moore (pen names: Clara Moreton and Harriet Oxnard Ward):

The Adopted.
The Fulfilled Prophecy.
Renunciation.
Reasonable and Unreasonable Points of Etiquette.
Unsettled Points of Etiquette.
Miscellaneous Poems.
Stories for Children.
Three Eras in a Life.
1851
Frank and Fanny, a Rural Story (1851)
1877
Character and Descriptive Songster (1877)
1878
Sensible Etiquette of the Best Society, Customs, Manners, Morals, and Home Culture. (1878)
1879
Tales from Aristo, retold for Children by a Lady (1879)
Agathas Friendship: A Romance for American Society.
Nancy Lee Songster; containing a complete collection of the above artist, together with a collection of the latest and best seriocomic and sentimental songs of the day (1879)
1881
First Requisites in Physician and Nurse of the Cure of Insanity (1881)
1882
A Chapter from the Modern Pilgrims Progress: Slander and Gossip. (1882)
The Diamond Cross.
1886
The Keely Motor (1886)
Mr. Keelys Etheric Force (1886)
1887
The Keely Motor Secret (1887)
1888
Keelys Secrets - Etheric Force Identified as Dynaspheric Force - One Phase of Keelys Discovery in its Relation to the Cure of Disease (1888)
1889
Letter of Instruction to my Grandson, Clarence von Rosen (1889)
1890
Idol Affections (1890)
Robert Browning? (1890)
The Keely Motor Bubble (1890)
True Science (1890)
Keely's Contribution to Science (1890)
1891
More Science (1891)
The Refiner of Silver (1891)
Newton of the Mind - The Propeller of Keely's Airship Described (1891)
Latent Force and Theory of Vibratory Lift for Airships (1891)
1892
Social Ethics and Society Duties: Thorough Education of Girls for Wives and Mothers and for Professions (1892)
Keely's Present Position (1892)
Physical Discoveries of John Keely (1892)
1893
Ether, the True Protoplasm (1893)
Keely and His Discoveries (1893)
Freedom (1893)
The Veil Withdrawn (1893?)
What Electricity Is (1893?)
1894
An Echo (1894)
Aerial Navigation: Keely and His Energy (1894)
What is Science? (1894)
A Confession of Faith (1894)
1895
Keely Motor and the Dogmatism of Science (1895)
Some Truths about the Keely Motor?
The New Philosophy.
Newton of the Mind - The Propellor of Keely's Airship Described
The Action of Force is Spiro-Vortex (1895)
1896
Some Truths about John Keely (1896)

See Also

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14.01 - Hints from Bloomfield-Moore
Chronology
Clara Sophia Jessup Bloomfield-Moore
Keely Not Dead Yet
Keely The Inventor Dead
Letter from Keely to Bloomfield-Moore
Letter from Keely to Bloomfield-Moore2
Letter from Keely to Bloomfield-Moore3
Letter from Keely to Bloomfield-Moore4
Letter from Keely to Bloomfield-Moore5
Letter from Keely to Bloomfield-Moore6
Letter from Keely to Bloomfield-Moore7
Mrs. Bloomfield-Moore Dead

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