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Description
Loammi Baldwin (1744-1807), a Flintstown (Baldwin) proprietor, writes to his partner Josiah Pierce (1756-1830) about the death of Baldwin's wife.
Baldwin had been in Flintstown when he got word of her final illness and returned to Woburn, Massachusetts, for her burial.
The letter is a handwritten copy of the original.
Transcription
About This Item
- Title: Loammi Baldwin to Josiah Pierce, 1786
- Creator: Loammi Baldwin
- Creation Date: 1786-10-04
- Subject Date: 1786
- Location: Woburn, MA
- Media: Ink on paper
- Local Code: Coll. 4210
- Collection: Pierce family collection
- Object Type: Text
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Standardized Subject Headings
- Baldwin, Laommi, 1780-1838--Family
- Baldwin, Laommi, 1780-1838--Travel
- Baldwin, Laommi, 1780-1838--Correspondence
- Pierce, Josiah, 1792-1866--Correspondence
- Death
- Bereavement
- Grief
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