Loammi Baldwin papers, 1768-1872

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

Title

Loammi Baldwin papers, 1768-1872

Date

1768-1872

Resource Link

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

Abstract

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

Extent

5 boxes (2.5 linear ft.)

Languages

eng, Latn

Holding Repository

Houghton Library

Information

SNAC Resource ID: 6384215

Houghton Library

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Worcester (Mass.). Committee of Correspondence

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John Hunt

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Sarah Rumford

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Woburn, Mass. Citizens.

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Middlesex, Mass. Militia. Second regiment.

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Goodwin, John

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Cutler, Manasseh, 1742-1823

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Wood, , recipient.

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Whitney, Peter, 1744-1816

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Isaac Foster, chairman.

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Baldwin, Sarah (Pitkin)

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Trumbull, John, 1756-1843

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American painter of historical subjects. From the description of ALS : New York, to James Madison, 1823 Oct. 20. (Rosenbach Museum & Library). WorldCat record id: 122580911 Painter; New York City. From the description of John Trumbull papers, 1787-1843. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122557315 John Trumbull (1756-1843) was an American painter and diplomat. From the guide to the John Trumbull papers, 1780-1840, (The New York Public Library...

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Concord, N.H. Selectmen.

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Young, ...

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Willis Hall, clerk

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Rumford, Sarah Thompson, Countess, 1774-1852

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U.S. Continental congress.

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Chamberlain, Aaron, b. ca. 1724

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Campbell, Archibald, Sir, 1739-1791

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Archibald Campbell was a surveyor. From the description of Map of land adjoining the westside of Lake George, Warren County, New York, 1791. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122573939 Governor and Commander-in-Chief of Fort St. George. From the description of Letter : to Henry Dundas, 1789 July 22. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122581319 Sir Archibald Campbell (1739-1791) was born at Inverneil, Scotland on August 21, 1739, the second son of James Campbell...

John Glover

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Beacon, Oliver, recipient.

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Caleb Gannet

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Cutler, Manasseh, 1742-1823

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Medford, Mass. Selectmen.

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Delaroche

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Sir William Erskine

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Woburn, Mass. town clerk

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John Thompson

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Charlestown, Mass. Committee of correspondence

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Simons, Joshua

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Isaac Foster, clerk

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John Bumstead

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Count Rumford's

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Loammi Baldwin

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Josiah Quincy.

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Herries' bank.

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Gates, Horatio, 1728-1806

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American revolutionary general. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Traveller's Rest, to F. Meriwether, Esq., 1787 Jan. 19. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270864014 Revolutionary general. Born in England, Gates settled in Virginia in 1772 after a career in the British army that included service in the French and Indian War. He was commissioned adjutant-general of the Continental Army in 1775, and was in command at the pivotal victory of Saratoga. After Saratoga...

Mary Baldwin

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Church, Benjamin, 1734-1778

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Physician, poet, author, and traitor; b. Newport, R.I.; graduate of Harvard, 1754; lived in Boston and Raynham, Mass.; after correspondence with British was intercepted in 1775, he was tried by court martial. Continental Congress resolved on Nov. 6, that he should be imprisoned at Norwich, Conn., but because of illness was removed to Massachusetts and put on parole; allowed to sail from Boston in May 1776 for London but ship never heard from again; family was pensioned by the Crown. ...

Col. Loammi Baldwin's

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Baylor, George, 1752-1784

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Harrison, Robert Hanson, 1745-1790

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Boston, Mass. Committee of correspondence, recipient.

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Ebenezer Storer

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Manasseh Cutler.

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William Cooper, town clerk

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Herries, Sir Robert

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Committee of correspondence in Woburn.

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Pickering, Timothy, 1745-1829

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Timothy Pickering (b. July 17, 1745, Salem, MA–d. January 29, 1829, Salem, MA) was a politician from Massachusetts who served as the third United States Secretary of State under Presidents George Washington and John Adams. He also represented Massachusetts in both houses of Congress as a member of the Federalist Party. Born in Salem, Massachusetts, Pickering began a legal career after graduating from Harvard University. He won election to the Massachusetts General Court and served as a cou...

Henry W. Longfellow's

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James Bowdoin

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Pierce, Josiah, Sr.

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General Washington.

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U.S. Army.

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Mass. General court. House of representatives. Committee for fortifying Boston harbor.

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Richard Dodge

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Hall, Willis

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Joseph Skinner

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General Washington's

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Sarah Baldwin

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Guild, Benjamin, 1749-1792

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Benjamin Guild lived from 1749 to 1792. Thus, he witnessed the American Revolution from his home in Boston, Massachusetts. He was born in Wrentham, Massachusetts on April 17, 1749. He was the son of Benjamin and Abigail (Graves) Guild. Guild received his Bachelor of Arts (1769) and his Master of Arts (1772) degrees from Harvard College. As a Presbyterian pastor he preached in several Massachusetts communities including Dedham, Haverhill, and Cambridge. Guild was a Latin tutor at Harvard College ...

Virginian House of Burgesses.

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Wood, Abail.

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Ward, Joseph

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Epithet: of Skipton British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000816.0x0002e7 ...

Sherman, Isaac.

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Jesse Wymen

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Medford, Mass. Committee of correspondence.

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Washington, George, 1732-1799

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George Washington (b. Feb. 22, 1732, Westmoreland County, Va.-d. Dec. 14, 1799, Mount Vernon, VA) was the first president of the United States, serving from 1789 to 1797. Washington came from a family of farmers and landowners. He had little education but showed an aptitude for mathematics. He used this talent to become a surveyor. At 15, Washington took a job as assistant surveyor on a team sent to map the Shenandoah Valley in western Virginia. In his early 20s, Washington joined the Virgin...

Committee of Correspondence

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Group of women at the Lincoln Memorial, n.d. Photograph by Alfred Wertheimer The Committee of Correspondence was an American women's internationalist organization that started in New York City in 1952 and disbanded in 1969. A group of women active in internationalist voluntary clubs and professional fields created the Committee as an offshoot of the National Council of Women. The Committee established itself as an independent non-profit organization shortly after it beg...

Pierce, Josiah, Jr.

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Giles Alexander

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Constitutional Society (Woburn, Mass.)

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Hunt, John (John F.)

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Epithet: son of Thomas Hunt, of Thorpe, in Seaton British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001031.0x000251 Epithet: and Isabel his wife British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001031.0x000243 Epithet: DD, Vicar of Otford British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001185.0x000286...

Samuel Thompson

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Cyrus Baldwin

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Fletcher, Josiah, recipient.

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Manessah Cutler

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Count Rumford

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J. F. Baldwin

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Ebenezer Brooks Jr.

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Cogswell, Thomas, 1746-1810

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Walker, Joseph Burbeen, 1822-1912

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Collector. From the description of Joseph Burbeen Walker collection, 1774-1779. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 78626672 ...

Andrews, ...

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Epithet: of Add MS 36065 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000987.0x000151 Epithet: Missionary British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001029.0x0000b5 Epithet: Lieutenant; of Add MS 38284 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000987.0x000150 ...