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Baldwin, George Rumford, 1798-1888. Letter, 1871 June 5, Rumford House, Mount Pleasant, Quebec, to James T. Fields [Boston].

Title: Letter, 1871 June 5, Rumford House, Mount Pleasant, Quebec, to James T. Fields [Boston].

Responds to request for autograph material and pictures to illustrate George E. Ellis' Memoir of Sir Benjamin Thompson; encloses line drawing copy of silhouette of his father, Loammi Baldwin, by "Doyle."

ArchivalResource: 3 p. on fold leaf. 21 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/5329129 View

Bible record for the Loammi Baldwin family, 1773-1841.

Title: Bible record for the Loammi Baldwin family, 1773-1841.

Original record, with title page, for the family of Loammi Baldwin and wives Mary Fowle, Margery Fowle.

ArchivalResource: [2] p. ; 17 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/50480786 View

Harvard University. Mathematical theses, 1782-1839

Title: Mathematical theses, 1782-1839.

The mathematical theses consist of equations and drawings which illustrate the equations. At the time of their creation, the purpose of these finely executed documents on large sheets of paper was to demonstrate a student's mastery of one or more mathematical concepts, yet the enduring value of many of the them lies in the fact that they are works of art.

ArchivalResource: 16 cubic feet; (406 broadsides)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hua17004/catalog View

Houghton Library printed book provenance file, A-D

Title: Houghton Library printed book provenance file, A-D

Index to ownership/provenance information, primarily from printed books, held by Houghton Library.

ArchivalResource: 1 collection

https://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou01529/catalog View

Baldwin, Loammi, 1780-1838. [Correspondence, personal and business, recieved by Loammi Baldwin, 1821-1838].

Title: [Correspondence, personal and business, recieved by Loammi Baldwin, 1821-1838].

ArchivalResource: 247 manuscript letters, in case. 30 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/41195881 View

Baldwin, Loammi, 1745-1807. Papers, 1768-1872

Title: Loammi Baldwin papers, 1768-1872

Papers of soldier, civil engineer, and state legislator Loammi Baldwin focusing on his service in the Revolutionary War.

ArchivalResource: 5 boxes (2.5 linear ft.)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou01081/catalog View

Baldwin, Loammi, 1740-1807. Poems, 1760-1770.

Title: Poems, 1760-1770.

[1] "Biography of Loammi Baldwin; the following poetry was composed by Mr. Baldwin when he lived at [Cambridge] when at College or soon afterwards." [2] AMs., 1770, Jan. 27, to Mr. John Richardson in Woburn : "Coppy of A Maniscrip posted on your Meetinghouse." [temperance poems?].

ArchivalResource: 2 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122631669 View

Baldwin, Loammi, 1740-1807. Papers, 1768-1872.

Title: Papers, 1768-1872.

The focus of this collection is on Loammi Baldwin's military service during the Revolutionary War, his activities with the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and his friendship with Benjamin Thompson, Count Rumford. Contains correspondence (including 52 letters to his wife Mary Fowle Baldwin, many written while with the Continental Army in New York and New Jersey); Army account books; a journal, 1768-1775; documents relating to the fortification of Boston harbor; and business papers of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (particularly concerning the printing and sale of a volume of Transactions of the Academy). Other documents include a minute book, 1778-1789, of the Constitutional Society, Woburn, Mass. and papers of Committees of Correspondence in several Massachusetts towns. Also includes correspondence of two of Baldwin's sons, James Fowle Baldwin and George Rumford Baldwin, relating principally to Count Rumford and to his daughter Sarah Rumford, together with business papers, 1795-1850, of Sarah Rumford.

ArchivalResource: 5 boxes (2.5 linear ft.)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/612366485 View

Samuel, Williams family, papers, 1723-1995.

Title: Samuel papers, Williams family 1723-1995.

Family papers of American Samuel Williams (1743-1817), clergyman, naturalist, and for a time, the Hollis Professor of Mathematics and Natural Philosophy at Harvard College. Includes manuscripts of Williams's friend, Count Benjamin Thompson Rumford.

ArchivalResource: 3 boxes (3.5 linear ft.)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou01990/catalog View

Bible record for the Loammi Baldwin family, 1773-1841.

Title: Bible record for the Loammi Baldwin family, 1773-1841.

Original record, with title page, for the family of Loammi Baldwin and wives Mary Fowle, Margery Fowle.

ArchivalResource: [2] p. ; 17 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/50480786 View

Baldwin family. Papers, 1784-1904, bulk 1820-1834.

Title: Papers, 1784-1904, bulk 1820-1834.

Material reflects the professional activities of the Baldwins. The elder Loammi Baldwin's work on the Middlesex Canal is recorded in a volume of the history of the canal compiled from Baldwin's papers by his son, James Fowle. It contains a list of canal acts, subscribers, and building contracts along with a discussion of the progress of building from an early land survey to letters that consider the construction of canal boats. Letters from William Weston, also an engineer on the project, were copied into the volume. Notices of payment due dates and meeting times and places document Loammi Baldwin's involvement with the Charles River Bridge. Three of the manuscripts contain business accounts related to the construction of the Charlestown Naval Dry Docks between 1827-1834. The waste book (day book), ledger, and "accounts approved" volume all document building materials purchased, prices, and suppliers. Because Baldwin was superintendent of the entire project, other commodities that supported the project are also listed: office supplies, food and drink, hand tools, payroll, etc. Another manuscript deals with Loammi Baldwin, Jr.'s effort to upgrade Boston's water supply. Compiled by Eben A. Lester, it deals with wells in the city. Lester organized his work by street and then listed the name of the owner of the property, the number of wells on each lot, and the quality of the water. It offers information on Boston's pattern of settlement and commercial development. In a manuscript, "The Duke of Bridgewater's Coal Mines at Worseley, 1807," and a series of copies of letters in "stylographic manifold writers," Balwin recounts his experiences on a trip to England. While at Worseley, he journeyed by canal boat into mines, learned how the coal was mined, then brought to the surface, and finally transported to nearby Manchester. In letters, Loammi wrote about such topics as gas lighting, the London Bridge Water Works, and fire fighting in London as well as leisure activities. Two notebook sketchbooks kept by George Rumford record his travels throughout the 1820s and 1830s. The earlier volume includes a few illustrated essays (e.g. "Theory of canal cutting" and "Architecture"), but is mainly a long series of identified sketches, mostly in pen, with a few in watercolor of works and details of civil engineering as well as such objects as weathervanes, wheelbarrows, windmills, and fence posts. Several railways, a rotary pump, the original aqueduct over the Medford River, details of the Schuylkill Canal, and the Essex Bridge at Newburyport are among the places and projects depicted. The second volume is almost entirely filled with sketches in pen, pencil, ink wash, and 40 finished watercolors. The sketches include railroads, dams, canals, locks, bridges, buildings, monuments, etc. The identified locations include Savannah, Washington, Boston, various places in New England, upstate and western New York, and various places in Canada. These sketchbooks lend insight into the training and professional life of a civil engineer. Other volumes in the collection include an inventory of the estate of James Fowle Baldwin, consisting of his financial resources; a record of soundings at various places in Boston harbor in 1867 and 1868 by Benjamin D. Frost, an assistant to George Rumford; a pamphlet describing the gift of the Baldwin Library of Engineering Works to the Woburn Public Library (the material was subsequently transferred to Harvard); and a volume labeled "Cross Section Book." It opens with soundings and borings taken in 1867 and includes a number of diagrams depicting water systems and water flow and distribution.

ArchivalResource: 14 v. and 36 loose items : ill. (some col.)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/84665779 View

M., Ann, Miss. Letter, 1797, February 20, Cambridge, Mass., to Colonel Baldwin.

Title: Letter, 1797, February 20, Cambridge, Mass., to Colonel Baldwin.

Poem signed "Anna."

ArchivalResource: 1 item.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122691858 View

Baldwin, Loammi, 1740-1807. Letters, 1775-1789.

Title: Letters, 1775-1789.

[1] 1775, July 30, Chelsea, Mass. to Mrs. Mary Baldwin (his wife) and a note to his brother in Woburn. Requests household supplies and money; regrets he cannot come home, because the situation is "much more difficult than it was Before the people began to com out of Boston." On reverse are "Some lines on Major Benja. Thompson upon his guning marsh Birds at Chelsea Augt. or Septemb. 1775", a poem. [2] 1789, Feb. 25, Woburn, Mass., to Mr. Joseph Bartlet: "Copy of letter to Joseph Bartlet and others respecting play."

ArchivalResource: 2 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122639372 View

Proprietors of the Falmouth Canal. Proprietors of the Falmouth Canal act of incorporation and minutes, 1795-1806.

Title: Proprietors of the Falmouth Canal act of incorporation and minutes, 1795-1806.

Act of incorporation (1795) and minutes of meetings (1795-1806).

ArchivalResource: 1 item.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/244224185 View

Baldwin Family. Baldwin Family Papers, 1763-1889.

Title: Baldwin Family Papers, 1763-1889.

Collection contains the legal, financial, and personal papers of Cyrus, Loammi, Cyrus, Benjamin F., Loammi, James F., and George R. Baldwin, a Woburn, MA family. Also includes the papers of Baldwin relatives: the Beckford, Coolidge, Phinney, Vannovouse, and Griffith families.

ArchivalResource: 35 boxes (17 linear feet)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/613965861 View

Deehan, Patricia. Mishawum : a story of Woburn / prepared under the direction of Miss. Patricia Deehan, Miss Louise Mawn, Miss Maude Morton.

Title: Mishawum : a story of Woburn / prepared under the direction of Miss. Patricia Deehan, Miss Louise Mawn, Miss Maude Morton. [1952]

ArchivalResource: 1 v. (unpaged) ; 30 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/70658448 View

Williams, Samuel, 1743-1817. Samuel Williams family papers, ca. 1723-1993.

Title: Samuel Williams family papers, ca. 1723-1993.

Collection includes correspondence of: Loammi Baldwin (1745-1807); Jonas Fay (1737-1818); Harvard College; Chauncy Landgon (1763-1830); Count Benjamin Rumford (1753-1814); Isaac Tichenor (1754-1838); Timothy Todd (1758-1806); Charles Kilborn Williams (1856-1920); Charles Langdon Williams (1821-1861); Lucy Langdon Williams Wilson (1864-1937); Samuel Williams (1743-1817), and many others. There is also substantial correspondence with the Williams family from repositories and individuals interested in acquiring the Williams family collection for their institution or in doing research using these papers. Autograph manuscript compositions and documents include sermons by Warham Williams (1699-1751) and Samuel Williams (1743-1817); an essay by Count Benjamin Rumford (1753-1814); two natural history journals by Samuel Williams (1743-1817), titled: Vermont - No. 1. Notes on the state of Vermont (1792), and Natural History (ca. 1783-1786); journals of voyages taken by various Williams family members; and other items. Manuscript documents relating to the Williams family include: financial records; wills; deeds; genealogical charts and lists; estate inventories; transcripts of historical documents on the Williams family from various repositories; and certificates and diplomas. There is a large series of images of Williams family members, the majority of which are modern prints made of historic photographs. The collection also includes original photographs, such as tintypes, silhouettes, cartes-de-visite (card photographs), daguerreotypes, and a photograph album. Also in this collection are some objects formerly belonging to the Williams family: Comb (hair ornament) mount with detachable frontlet, ca. 1800-1840; man's knee buckles (strap accessories), 17??; sliding-temple spectacles, said to have been worn by Samuel Williams; 19th-century? silk woman's lace-up boots and pumps (shoes)); as well as numerous folders of printed materials collected about various Williams luminaries.

ArchivalResource: 3 boxes (3.5 linear ft.)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/612802386 View

Baldwin, Loammi, 1745-1807. Papers, 1768-1872

Title: Loammi Baldwin papers, 1768-1872

Papers of soldier, civil engineer, and state legislator Loammi Baldwin focusing on his service in the Revolutionary War.

ArchivalResource: 5 boxes (2.5 linear ft.)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou01081/catalog View

Baldwin family papers, ca. 1789-1836.

Title: Baldwin family papers, ca. 1789-1836.

Father and son Loammi Baldwin, Sr. and Jr. were active in the Harvard community in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. This collection contains an assortment of student records, notes, and correspondence reflecting the involvement of Loammi Baldwin Sr. (1740-1807) as a parent, donor, and committee member, and the involvement of Loammi Baldwin Jr. (1780-1838), first as a member of the Class of 1800, and later as an active alumnus. The records are divided into three series: a note in Baldwin Sr.'s hand with calculations of the length of printed lines of all the volumes in the Harvard Library (Series I), correspondence between members of the Harvard community and the Baldwins (Series II), and student records that primarily record Baldwin Sr.'s payment for and authorization of his son's undergraduate education at the College. The correspondence is generally routine letters such as notifications of meetings at the College, and the collection does not contain information related to the Baldwins' involvement as civil engineers in Harvard's building projects. Of particular note, the student records--primarily quarter bills, receipts, and absence excuse notes--provide a window into the role of a parent in managing the financial and administrative aspects of a Harvard student's education in the late 18th century.

ArchivalResource: .22 cubic feet (1 half-legal document box)

https://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hua48011/catalog View

Baldwin family. Baldwin family business papers, 1694-1887 (inclusive), 1787-1865 (bulk).

Title: Baldwin family business papers, 1694-1887 (inclusive), 1787-1865 (bulk).

Large collection, predominantly unbound papers, having to do with various engineering projects, i.e., canals, docks, aqueducts, water works, railroads, etc., primarily in New England. The material on the Middlesex Canal is perhaps the most interesting unit of the collection. Other valuable groups of papers are those concerning the Boston Water Works, and the Charlestown and Norfolk Navy Yards. Includes papers of Loammi Baldwin I, Loammi Baldwin II, James F. Baldwin, George R. Baldwin and other family members.

ArchivalResource: 34 linear ft. (134 v., 62 boxes)Copies: 1 microfilm reel.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/269603911 View

Adams, John, 1735-1826. [Letters and documents] / John Adams.

Title: [Letters and documents] / John Adams.

Letter, 1778 Nov. 27, Passy [to] Mr. Gerry (2 leaves ; 23 cm.) The letter discusses the situation in Europe as it concerns the American Revolution, especially the uncertain position of the Dutch. -- Letter, 1812 June 12, Quincy, [Mass., to] Dr. Rush (4 p. ; 23 cm.) The letter discusses matters of state and religion, unity in the government and comments on George Washington. -- Printed document fragment (parchment) with holograph additions, 1797 May 7, signed John Adams, "By the President". Also signed by Timothy Pickering, Secretary of State and countersigned by John Fitzgerald. With embossed seal of the United States. -- Printed document of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, with holograph additions, 1810 May 29, making Loammi Baldwin a member of the Academy. Signed by John Adams, John Kirkland, John Farrar and Josiah Quincy, with the Academy's seal.

ArchivalResource: 4 items

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/137241574 View

Samuel, Williams family, papers, 1723-1995.

Title: Samuel papers, Williams family 1723-1995.

Family papers of American Samuel Williams (1743-1817), clergyman, naturalist, and for a time, the Hollis Professor of Mathematics and Natural Philosophy at Harvard College. Includes manuscripts of Williams's friend, Count Benjamin Thompson Rumford.

ArchivalResource: 3 boxes (3.5 linear ft.)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou01990/catalog View

Boston Aqueduct Corporation. Records of the Boston Aqueduct Corporation, 1794-1827.

Title: Records of the Boston Aqueduct Corporation, 1794-1827.

The volume was used by the Boston Aqueduct Corporation to record its act of incorporation, directors' minutes, property deeds, agreements with the towns of Boston and Roxbury, rules and prices, sample contracts, grants, bonds, correspondence, town meeting minutes, etc. Entries are dated from March 27, 1794 to July 11, 1827. There is an alphabetical index at the back of the volume. A two-page estimate for an aqueduct from Spot Pond to Boston is laid in at front.

ArchivalResource: 1 volume (67, [54] pages) ; 43 centimeters.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/753700892 View