Phineas Baldwin and Reuben Webster journal, 1784-1829.

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Phineas Baldwin and Reuben Webster journal, 1784-1829.

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Journal of Phineas Baldwin and Reuben Webster documents the activities of two men in Litchfield, Conn. Baldwin traded in a variety of commodities and services with Litchfield residents, such as wood, veal, rice, tobacco, butter, and carting. His sections of the book run from 1784 to 1806. Another person, perhaps Reuben Webster, also used the book. These sections (1817 through 1829) contain entries regarding Baldwin's estate, the writer's personal affairs, such as taxes, medicinal recipes, and apple trees purchased, and include notations from 1823-1824 recording activities relating to official Litchfield town business, such as writing letters to selectmen of other towns, payments for arbitration and other services, bridge repair and inspection, inspection of property lines, and the like. The journal also contains accounts of washing performed in 1822 for Jacob Baker and Henry Cruger, two Litchfield Law School students.

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Webster, Reuben, 1757-1833

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Jailer, of Litchfield County, Conn. From the description of Reuben Webster invoices, 1799-1800. (Litchfield Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 632356664 ...

Baker, Jacob, 1817-1896

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Baker (1895-1967) was managing director of Vanguard Press from 1926-1933. He was an official with the Federal Emergency Relief, Civil Works, and Works Progress Administrations from 1933-1937 and was chairman of the U.S. Inquiry on Cooperative Enterprise from 1936-1937. Baker was president of the United Federal Workers of America from 1937-1940 and during World War II was a planning consultant to the Federal Works Agency. He later became chairman of the board of the Economic Forecasting Institute...

Baldwin, Phineas

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Litchfield Law School

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Private law school established by Tapping Reeve in Litchfield, Connecticut, in 1784 and closed ca. 1833. From the description of Outlines of lectures delivered at Litchfield Law School / by Judges Gould & Reeves : transcript, 1824. (New York University, Group Batchload). WorldCat record id: 58760100 ...

Cruger, Henry, 1739-1827

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