Baldwin family business papers

Scope and Contents Contains drafts of letters, dated 1794-1795, from Loammi Baldwin to Middlesex Canal Corporation President James Sullivan, engineer William Weston, Captain James Scott, Theophilus Coznave, James Winthrop, and Robert Morris, regarding Baldwin's efforts to hire Weston to conduct a survey, earlier survey results, procurement of instruments, glasses, and other supplies, and activities and progress of the Committee to Lay out the Canal. There are also draft responses of Baldwin to the company...

Scope and Contents Contains drafts and copies of letters from Loammi Baldwin to William Weston, Middlesex Canal proprietors James Sullivan, Benjamin Hall, and Ebenezer Hall, Boston merchant Joseph Rhodes, and others, dated 1796-1798. Topics include progress executing locks, machinery developed to aid in construction, and materials used in cement preparations, such as terras imported from Sint Eustatius; contracts with suppliers of lime and other material; wages for laid off workers after the Board of Directors...

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Contains drafts of letters, and reports dated 1800-1804, from Loammi Baldwin to Middlesex Canal Corporation President James Sullivan and other proprietors, regarding land and timber purchases, progress executing locks, contract labor, and the completion of the project. There are also assorted committee and mill memoranda.

Scope and Contents Contains letters to Loammi Baldwin from John Pinkerton with general observations about canals, and from proprietors of the Middlesex Canal Company, regarding instructions for recruiting engineer William Weston in Philadelphia and financial matters, dated 1791-1794. There is also a memorandum from Weston with calculations of the canal to receive boats, materials, prices of contract work, and instructions for applying to his employer, the Managers of the Schuylkill and Susquehanna Canal, to...

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Contains letters to Loammi Baldwin in 1794-1795 concerning the hire of surveyors and laborers, purchase of instruments, equipment, and oxen, and payment of wages and obligations. Included is a letter of introduction and recommendation of Captain Asa Lawrence, who was seeking employment, from Samuel Dana of Groton, Massachusetts.

Scope and Contents Contains letters to Loammi Baldwin from William Weston and proprietors of the canal, dated January-April 1796. Letters from Weston address the differences between brick and stone locks and include his proposed plans for constructing the locks, accompanied by illustrations and formulas for cement, as well as other recommendations respecting construction. There are also letters from William Tudor and James Sullivan concerning Baldwin's appointment as superintendent and instructions to proceed...

Scope and Contents Contains letters to Loammi Baldwin, dated May-December 1796, from James Sullivan and other proprietors concerning his reappointment as superintendent, company directors' meetings and requests for Baldwin's reports, and construction and material used for locks, and letters from contract laborers and suppliers. Includes a certificate from mason Richard Granger respecting the import of terras from Sint Eustatius on the sloop Industry and his recommended formulations for its use in dry and...

Scope and Contents Contains letters to Loammi Baldwin from James Sullivan and other proprietors such as Aaron Dexter and Thomas Welsh in 1797 related to Baldwin's superintendence and participation in committee meetings, construction progress, the state of labor contracts and costs, and requested reports from him, as well as letters from suppliers and people seeking employment. There are also several letters from William Weston, at that point employed on another project at Fort Stanwix, Mohawk River, answering...

Scope and Contents Contains letters to Loammi Baldwin, dated 1798-1799, from James Sullivan, Aaron Dexter, Thomas Welsh, and other proprietors of the canal concerning work and supplies for the mills and the aqueduct, and Baldwin's reports to and attendance at meetings of the Committee on Operations. Also included are letters from millwright Eleazer Spofford (1739-1828), of Jaffrey, New Hampshire, regarding timber dimensions and plans to start construction of grist and sawmills; letters from engineers William...

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Contains letters to Loammi Baldwin in 1800 from James Sullivan and other proprietors concerning surveys of Horn Pond and Mystic Pond, inspection of locks near Concord River, committee meetings. Other correspondents include stone mason Jonathan Emerson; William Eustis; lawyer Samuel Dana on behalf of his client, a timber suppliers, who had an account against the proprietors; and Joseph Woodward, writing to Joseph Coolidge regarding a victualling contract.

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Includes William Weston's report of his survey of the lines of the proposed canal to the directors of the Middlesex Canal Corporation and copies of Weston's proposed plan of locks in 1794.

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Contains drafts and copies of letters and superintendent's reports by Loammi Baldwin to the directors of the Middlesex Canal Company in 1795. Topics include surveying two routes in Woburn, supply purchases, labor contracts and wages, rock cutting procedures, erecting bridges, building boats, and mills