Baldwin, James Fowle, 1782-1862

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James Fowle Baldwin (1782-1862), the son of Loammi (for whom the Baldwin apple was named) and Mary Fowle Baldwin, was a civil engineer. He helped his brother, Loammi, construct the dry dock at Charlestown Navy Yard. In 1828, he was appointed by the state of Massachusetts as a commissioner to make surveys for a railroad from Boston to Albany, and from 1830 to 1835, he built the Boston and Lowell road. He was a state senator from Suffolk. He was born on 29 April 1782 in Woburn, Mass., married Sarah Parsons, and died on 20 May 1862.

From the description of Diary, 1815. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 207111863
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creatorOf Pickering, Octavius, 1791-1868. Octavius Pickering letter to James F. Baldwin [manuscript], 1852 February. University of Virginia. Library
creatorOf Rumford, Sarah Thompson, Countess, 1774-1852. Letter, 1852 June 5, Concord, [N.H.], to [James F. Baldwin, Boston.]. Dartmouth College Library
creatorOf Rumford, Benjamin, Graf von, 1753-1814. Letter, 1811 December 8, Auteuil, near Paris, to James F. Baldwin, Boston. Dartmouth College Library
creatorOf Baldwin, James Fowle, 1782-1862. Diary, 1815. American Antiquarian Society
referencedIn Baldwin, Loammi, 1745-1807. Papers, 1768-1872 Houghton Library
creatorOf Boston and Maine Railroad. Copy of a plan and profile of the Boston and Lowell Railroad / by James F. Baldwin, dated Mar. 1836 ; with additions by Engineers of B. and M.R.R., Mar. 1890. HCL Technical Services, Harvard College Library
referencedIn Baldwin family. Papers, 1784-1904, bulk 1820-1834. Winterthur Library
creatorOf Rumford, Sarah Thompson, Countess, 1774-1852. Letter, 1852 May 3, Concord, [N.H.], to James F. Baldwin, Boston. Dartmouth College Library
creatorOf Baldwin, James Fowle, 1782-1862. Letter to the directors of the Charlestown Branch Railroad, 1836. State Library of Massachusetts
creatorOf Baldwin, Loammi, 1740-1807. Papers, 1768-1872. Houghton Library
referencedIn Baldwin, Loammi papers Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Libraries
creatorOf Baldwin, James Fowle, 1782-1862. Letter from James F. Baldwin to the directors of the Charlestown Branch Railroad, [18--]. State Library of Massachusetts
referencedIn Baldwin family. Baldwin family business papers, 1694-1887 (inclusive), 1787-1865 (bulk). Harvard Business School, Knowledge and Library Services/Baker Library
referencedIn Baldwin, Loammi, 1745-1807. Papers, 1768-1872 Houghton Library
referencedIn Baldwin Family. Baldwin Family Papers, 1763-1889. Peabody Essex Museum
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