Contributed by Pierce Family Collection through Maine Historical Society
Description
Loammi Baldwin of Woburn, Massachusetts, wrote to Ruth Simonds Thompson Pierce (1730-1811) of Flintstown (Baldwin), copying for her a letter from Count Rumford, who was in Britain. Rumford sent some bills for Mrs. Pierce, his mother.
Count Rumford, Benjamin Thompson Jr., was a friend of Baldwin. Ruth Pierce also was the mother of Josiah Pierce (1756-1830) with whom she lived in Flintstown. Baldwin and Pierce were business partners.
Rumford, a loyalist, moved to Britain after the American Revolution.
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About This Item
- Title: Loammi Baldwin on Count Rumford, 1799
- Creator: Loammi Baldwin
- Creation Date: 1799-08-29
- Subject Date: 1799
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Locations:
- Baldwin, Cumberland County, ME
- Woburn, MA
- Media: Ink on paper
- Collection: Pierce family collection
- Object Type: Text
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- Letters
- Pierce, Ruth, 1730-1811--Correspondence
- Baldwin, Loammi, 1745-1807--Correspondence
- Rumford, Benjamin, Graf von, 1753-1814
- Pierce Family
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