Octavius Pickering letter to James F. Baldwin [manuscript], 1852 February.

ArchivalResource

Octavius Pickering letter to James F. Baldwin [manuscript], 1852 February.

Pickering encloses a signature of his father for an autograph hunter and notes that he has signatures of Pennsylvania Governor Thomas Mifflin as well.

1 item.

Information

SNAC Resource ID: 8211634

University of Virginia. Library

Related Entities

There are 2 Entities related to this resource.

Pickering, Octavius, 1791-1868

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6t73vnp (person)

American lawyer and writer; author of "Life of Timothy Pickering by his son." From the description of Octavius Pickering letter to James F. Baldwin [manuscript], 1852 February. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 781300395 ...

Baldwin, James Fowle, 1782-1862

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6t7465x (person)

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...