Letter to the directors of the Charlestown Branch Railroad, 1836.

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Letter to the directors of the Charlestown Branch Railroad, 1836.

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Letter describes two possible routes for the Charlestown Branch Railroad and includes estimate of costs.

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State Library of Massachusetts

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Charlestown Branch Railroad

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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 Sara...