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Handout
University of Groningen

American History: Biographies: Abraham Baldwin 1754 1807

For Students 9th - 10th
Baldwin was born at Guilford, Conn., in 1754, the second son of a blacksmith who fathered 12 children by 2 wives. Besides Abraham, several of the family attained distinction. His sister Ruth married the poet and diplomat Joel Barlow, and...