Baldwin family papers

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unitid

{"value"=>"MssCol NYGB 18100", "type"=>"local_call"}

{"value"=>"18100", "type"=>"local_mss"}

unittitle

{"value"=>"Baldwin family papers"}

unitdate

{"value"=>"1807-1856", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1807/1856"}

physdesc

{"format"=>"structured", "physdesc_components"=>[{"name"=>"extent", "value"=>".4 linear feet (1 box)"}], "supress_display"=>true}

date_inclusive_start

1807

date_inclusive_end

1856

origination

{"value"=>"Baldwin family", "type"=>"persname"}

bioghist

{"value"=>"<p>The Baldwin family lived in eastern Massachusetts. Luke Baldwin (b. 1797) and his father Luke Baldwin (1769-1832) were Boston merchants.</p>", "supress_display"=>true}

scopecontent

{"value"=>"<p>The Baldwin family papers consist of business records, journals, and some personal correspondence pertaining largely to the affairs of Luke Baldwin (b. 1797) of Boston and Brookline, and Samuel P. Baldwin of Grafton, Massachusetts. The collection includes an account book of Luke Baldwin, Jr., Boston, recording shipments of goods, 1827-1832; a letterbook of Luke Baldwin's business correspondence, Boston, 1834-1835; a daybook, with some entries by T.C.B. (Thomas Cushing Baldwin), Boston, 1843; a journal of Luke Baldwin at Brookline, recording his daily activities and weather, 1855-1856; and two farm journals, 1849-1850 and 1850-1851, of Samuel P. Baldwin, Grafton, with a few pages of accounts in the first volume for the Enameled Cloth Factory of Lynn, Massachusetts, 1838-1839. Also, a bankbook recording foreign money held by the Massachusetts Bank in account with the firm of Baldwin & Bass, 1807-1808; and miscellaneous correspondence and notes, 1851-1856, including a letter of Samuel P. Baldwin to his father, 1851; Luke Baldwin's draft notes for his journal, 1856; and an unfinished letter to his son Cushing, 1856.</p>", "supress_display"=>true}

acqinfo

{"internal"=>true, "accession_number"=>"MSS 2008M27"}

relatedmaterial

{"value"=>"<p>Related collections include the Orne-Cushing-Baldwin-Tappan Family Collection, G.W. Blunt White Library, Mystic Seaport, CT; and the Luke Baldwin Papers, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, MA</p>"}

keydate

1807

prefercite

{"value"=>"Baldwin family papers, Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library"}

abstract

{"value"=>"The Baldwin family lived in eastern Massachusetts. Luke Baldwin (b. 1797) and his father Luke Baldwin (1769-1832) were Boston merchants. The Baldwin family papers consist of business records, journals, and some personal correspondence pertaining largely to the affairs of Luke Baldwin (b. 1797) of Boston and Brookline, and Samuel P. Baldwin of Grafton, Massachusetts. The collection includes an account book of Luke Baldwin, Jr., Boston, recording shipments of goods, 1827-1832; a letterbook of Luke Baldwin's business correspondence, Boston, 1834-1835; a daybook, with some entries by T.C.B. (Thomas Cushing Baldwin), Boston, 1843; a journal of Luke Baldwin at Brookline, recording his daily activities and weather, 1855-1856; and two farm journals, 1849-1850 and 1850-1851, of Samuel P. Baldwin, Grafton, with a few pages of accounts in the first volume for the Enameled Cloth Factory of Lynn, Massachusetts, 1838-1839. Also, a bankbook recording foreign money held by the Massachusetts Bank in account with the firm of Baldwin & Bass, 1807-1808; and miscellaneous correspondence and notes, 1851-1856, including a letter of Samuel P. Baldwin to his father, 1851; Luke Baldwin's draft notes for his journal, 1856; and an unfinished letter to his son Cushing, 1856.", "generated"=>true}

extent_statement

.4 linear feet (1 box)

date_start

1807

date_end

1856

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