Baldwin and Company papers, 1818-1876 (inclusive), 1822-1841 (bulk).

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Baldwin and Company papers, 1818-1876 (inclusive), 1822-1841 (bulk).

A shipping firm based in New York trading with Europe, South America and various ports in the United States. The principal partner in the firm was Simeon Baldwin of New Haven. The records include account books, correspondence, papers dealing with the general business of the firm and papers dealing with the individual ships. The records for each of the 124 ships consist of bills of lading, manifests, freight lists, settlements of earnings, letters of instruction to captains, captain's accounts and other documents for each voyage. Two diaries are in the collection: Simeon Baldwin's business diary for 1821 and Charles Baldwin's diary of a voyage in the brig Duroc, 1830.

49 linear ft.

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SNAC Resource ID: 8022319

Yale University Library

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