| Abstract: | The Baldwin family were early settlers of Boardman, Ohio, where Eli Baldwin served as a land agent and deputy postmaster and operated a grist mill and distillery with his son, Jesse. The collection consists of correspondence, diaries, deeds, land agreements, financial accounts, tax records, legal and business papers, and estate papers of Asa, Eli, George S., Henry, Horace, Jesse, Mary and William Baldwin, pertaining chiefly to Eli and Jesse Baldwin, the estates of Elijah Boardman and Robert Patrick, and Jesse Baldwin's involvement in Common Pleas Court proceedings and in the operation of the Cleveland and Mahoning Valley Railroad. | |