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           Library of the University of North Carolina
                         at Chapel Hill

                 SOUTHERN HISTORICAL COLLECTION

                             #4182-z
                  DANIEL HOARD BALDWIN LETTERS
                            Inventory

Abstract:      Articulate, analytical, lengthy letters from
           Daniel H. Baldwin, merchant of Savannah, Ga., 1860-
           1861, and New York City, 1867-1869, to William Baldwin
           in Massachusetts, commenting on the secession crisis,
           the Republican Party, the economy, Reconstruction, and
           race relations, and a receipt, 1859.

Online Catalog Terms:
   Baldwin, Daniel Hoard, 1825-1887.
   Baldwin, William.
   Merchants--Georgia--History--19th century.
   Merchants--New York (N.Y.)--History--19th century.
   Race relations--19th century.
   Reconstruction.
   Republican Party (U.S.)--History--19th century.
   Secession.
   Sectionalism (United States).
   United States--Economic conditions--1865-1918.
   United States--Race relations--19th century.

Size:  11 items (2 folders).

Provenance:    Received from Daniel Baldwin Alexander of Atlanta,
               Ga., in August 1978.

Access:        No restrictions.

Related Collections:   Lucy Hull Baldwin Papers (#849);
                       George Johnson Baldwin Papers (#850).

Processing Note:   This collection was processed with support, in
                   part, from the National Endowment for the
                   Humanities, Division of Preservation and
                   Access.  

Copyright:     Retained by the authors of items in these papers,
               or their descendants, as stipulated by United
               States copyright law.

Table of Contents:
   Biographical Note
   Description

                        BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE

   Daniel Hoard Baldwin, son of Tilly and Rebecca (Hoard) Baldwin
was born in Phillipston, Mass., in 1825.  In 1843, he moved to
Savannah, Ga., where he worked as a clerk in the business of his
uncle Loammai Baldwin.  Later, he became a partner in the Brigham
and Baldwin shipping firm, which ran steamers between Savannah
and New York.  In 1855, he married Kate Alice Philbrick, the
daughter of Samuel (b. 1793) and Priscilla Elvira Bascomb
Philbrick.  They had four children:  George Johnson (1856-1927),
who married Lucy Harvie Hull; Kate Philbrick, who married Walter
I. McCoy; Nellie Holman, who married Adam Leopold Alexander; and
Daniel Hoard, who died in 1880.

   During the Civil War, Daniel H. Baldwin served as a captain in
the quartermaster corps.  All the ships owned by Brigham and
Baldwin were destroyed in the war.  In 1866, Baldwin moved to New
York City where he became a commission merchant.  Sometime around
1876, he established the firm of Baldwin and Company, cotton
factors, in Savannah.  He served on the board of the Savannah
Cotton Exchange and was a member of the Chatham Artillery. 
Baldwin maintained homes in Savannah and New York where he died
in 1887.

                           DESCRIPTION

   These papers consist of a receipt, 1859, for room and board
for Mrs. Baldwin in Newton, Ga.; five letters from Baldwin in
Savannah, Ga., to William Baldwin in Massachusetts during the
secession crisis, 1860-1861; a lengthy letter from Baldwin in
Savannah to William Baldwin, 1864; and three letters from Baldwin
in New York to William Baldwin during Reconstruction, 1867-1869.

   The five lengthy letters, November 1860-April 1861, discuss
the secession crisis; the role of slavery and the Republican
party in precipitating the crisis; the South's determination to
achieve independence, the prospects of a long and costly war; and
Baldwin's own feelings about the South's attitude.  

   The long letter, smuggled to William Baldwin through Nassau in
1864, elaborates on many of these themes and comments at length
on the probable effect of the war on Northern taxes.  The letter
also discusses northern politics, the attitude of the Lincoln
government in prosecuting the war, the long-range effect of the
destruction of constitutional government regardless of the
outcome of the war, and the relative moral fiber of Northern and
Southern generals.  Enclosed is a sheet of advice to William
Baldwin, primarily about making money from the war by buying gold
with greenbacks, and a list of questions pertaining to war
issues.

   The three letters, 1867-1869, written by Baldwin in New York,
analyze the financial prospects of the country, Republican
politics, Reconstruction, and race relations.  Included is a
proposal by Baldwin to import laborers from Africa for Southern
planters, thus also adding to the voting strength of Republicans.

Folders    1-2