Anthony retired from active management of the foundry in 1851, 

 entrusting this responsibility to WilHam and to ". . .a faithful man 

 who had been in his employ for many years and for whom Mr. H. 

 had formed a strong attachment," one Robert Moore. ^« William, 

 however, as is revealed by his letters, was slow to act without his 

 father's counsel, so Anthony must have continued to be a strong 

 force in the affairs of management. 



Although the exact nature of the arrangement is not known, early 

 in 1852 a more formal agreement was reached whereby Moore was 

 made a partner in the new firm of Harkness, ISIoore & Company, so 



Robert Moore was born in New York City on December 9, 1 805, 

 and migrated with his family in June 181 7 to Cincinnati. His 

 father advised him to become a carpenter because: "These were in 

 constant demand anywhere on this broad continent . . . [and] were 

 among the most useful and deserving citizens ...."' s' He was ap- 

 prenticed to Joseph Jones in 1825 ^^^^ learned the building trade. 

 Moore described his subsequent career: 



In the Summer of 1828 I was employed by the late Anthony Harkness, 

 to assist in erecting his first building, on the north side of Front Street, 

 just east of Lawrence Street, for the manufacture of steamboat machinery 

 and sugar-mills. I then engaged permanently with the said Harkness, 

 to assist in making patterns and drawings for such machinery. This 

 suited me better than my former employment, and I made great prog- 

 ress therein, as draughtsman, foreman, and as assistant superintendent, 

 so that, finally, after a continuous service in this line of twenty-five 

 years, I assumed a controlling interest in the works, and, in conjunction 

 with John G. Richardson (who for a time held an interest in the concern), 

 a lease for twenty years was obtained of the grounds and the buildings, 

 Mr. Harkness retiring with a fortune. Other and outside productive 

 interests had he; but in so far as the estate was accumulated by or through 

 said works, the writer claims to have been largely instrumental, having 

 devoted the best twenty-five years of his young life entirely to the 

 interests of the said Harkness.^- 



*^ Cincinnati Daily Gazette, May 12, 1858. 



s" This has been determined by checking rosters of the Little Miami Raihoad and 

 the Cincinnati, Hamihon, and Dayton Raih'oad, which as late as December 1851 

 refer to Harkness & Son but by March 1852 to Harkness, Moore & Co. 



SI MoORE, Autobiographical Outlines, p. 34. 



s- Ibid., pp. 35-37. 



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