PUBLIC "-//University of Virginia::Library::Special Collections Dept.//TEXT (US::ViU::00196::Stuart-Baldwin Papers)//EN" "ViU00196.sgm" A Guide to the Stuart-Baldwin PapersStuart-Baldwin. 10378Processed by Special Collections Dept. staff; machine-readable finding aid created by Courtney BoissonnaultFunded in part by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities. University of Virginia Library © 1997 By the Rector and Visitors of the University of Virginia. All rights reserved.

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 Machine-readable finding aid derived from WordPerfect. [Date of source: 1997. Description is in English. Feb 16, 2004 PUBLIC "-//University of Virginia::Library::Special Collections Dept.//TEXT (US::ViU::00196::Stuart-Baldwin Papers)//EN" "ViU00196.sgm" converted from EAD 1.0 to 2002 by v1to02.xsl (sy2003-10-15). Feb 27, 2004 converted to conform to eadVIVA.dtd by vivastrict.xsl A Guide to the Stuart-Baldwin Papers A Collection in the Special Collections Department 10378

Special Collections Department, University of Virginia Library 1997 Special Collections Department Staff 1997 Courtney Boissonnault Special Collections, University of Virginia Library, #10378 Descriptive Summary University of Virginia. Library. Special Collections Dept.
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Stuart-Baldwin Papers 1786-1862 10378 36 items English A. Stuart Robertson, Jr. Administrative Information Access Restrictions

Collection is open to research.

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 Preferred Citation

Stuart-Baldwin Papers, Accession 10378, Special Collections Department, University of Virginia Library

 Acquisition Information

This accession was a gift of Mr. and Mrs. A. Stuart Robertson Jr., of Orange, Virginia, on April 29, 1980.

 Funding Note

Funded in part by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities

 Biographical Sketch

Briscoe Gerard Baldwinwas born on January 18, 1789, in Winchester, Virginia, the eldest son of Cornelius Baldwinand Mary Briscoe. He attended William and Mary Collegeand later studied law under Judge William Danielin Cumberland County, Virginia. During 1818-1820 he served in the Virginia House of Delegatesas representative for Augusta Countyand in 18291830 was a member of the constitutional convention. He returned to the House of Delegates during 1841-1842. On January 29, 1842, Baldwin was elected a member of the Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginiaand held that position until his death on May 18, 1852.

 Scope and Content

This accession is comprised of thirty-six items, 1786-1882, primarily letters to Briscoe G. Baldwinand Alexander H. H. Stuart, lawyers in Staunton, Virginia. Also included are a dinner invitation from the Minister of Franceto Alexander H. H. Stuart; two certificates of membership for Alexander H. H. Stuartin the Virginia Historical Society; a handwritten poem entitled "Hope"; two newspaper clippings, one regarding the Whig party in 1844 and another regarding Southern debts owed to Northerners after the Civil War; and an unsigned printed petition, 1848-1849, regarding internal improvements in Virginia.

The letters to Briscoe G. Baldwinare primarily from his wife, Martha S. Baldwin, or his daughter, Frances C. Stuart, regarding family matters but there are also letters from others regarding legal and business matters. These correspondents include J. E. Brown, M. F. Eskridge, and Alexander H. H. Stuart. Letters to Alexander H. H. Stuartregard business and legal matters and a variety of political topics including secession, reconstruction, the "Negro problem,' and Fillmore's cabinet. Correspondents include Charles Francis Adams, Jr., J. Lidball, R. W. Clelland, Joseph Baldwin, Nathan K. Hall, James H. Dooley, Thomas Hall, and George C. Whiting. One letter, September 20, 1786, was written by Thomas Hallto Archibald Stuart( Alexander H. H. Stuart's father) and concerns Hall's supposed drinking problem, family news, the last military expeditions of George Rogers Clark, the desire of Kentuckyto separate from Virginia, and local politicians Joseph Crockettand John Fowler.

 Container List Correspondence Thomas Hall to Archibald Stuart 1786 Sep 20 1 item ALS Letters to Briscoe G. Baldwin 1825-1845, n.d. 16 items Letters to Alexander H. H. Stuart 1853-1882, n.d. 15 items Miscellaneous Poem, "Hope" n.d. 1 item Printed unsigned petition to the General Assembly of Virginia re railroads n.d. 1 item Newspaper clippings n. d. 2 items