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Baldwin, James, 1782-1862

 

Dates

  • Existence: 1782 - 1862

Biography

James Baldwin was an early American civil engineer who worked with his father and brothers on the Middlesex Canal, surveyed and designed the Boston and Lowell Railroad and the Boston and Albany Railroad, the first Boston water supply from Lake Cochituate, and many other early engineering projects. He was the first president of the Boston Society of Civil Engineers and served one term as a Senator from Suffolk County to the Massachusetts Senate, then served as a Boston Water Commissioner.

Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:

Count Benjamin Thompson Rumford letter

 Item 1
Identifier: Mss 811658
Mss 811658
Date(s): 1811-12-08
Scope and Contents

Four-page letter from Count Rumford in Auteuil, near Paris, to James F. Baldwin in Boston, Massachusetts. Rumford sends his power of attorney for management of his US funds, and arranges an annuity for his mother Ruth Pierce.

J. Baldwin letter

 Item 1
Identifier: Mss 807460.1
Mss 807460.1
Date(s): 1807
Abstract

In English.

Sarah Thompson, Countess of Rumford letter

 Item 1
Identifier: Mss 852355
Mss 852355
Date(s): 1852-06-05
Scope and Contents

Two-page letter from Sarah Thompson, Countess of Rumford in Concord, New Hampshire to James F. Baldwin in Boston, in which she refers to closing up her house in Concord, and the disposition of her pictures and a timepiece, in anticipation of returning to France.

Sarah Thompson, Countess Rumford letter

 Item 1
Identifier: Mss 852303.1
Mss 852303.1
Date(s): 1852-05-03
Abstract

In English.

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