Reverend Dwight Baldwin Covers Collection

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Hawaii's History, A Personal Collection

Author's Personal Collection: U.S. to Hawaii, Baldwin Correspondence. Three folded letters addressed to Reverend Dwight Baldwin, one dated Sept. 27, 1832, one dated Oct. 12, 1839, last dated Nov. 8, 1845, one with no indication of rate so carried entirely outside of the mails, one paying 10c rate in 1845 sent care of board of commissions for foreign missions, one paying 25c rate in 1840 and sent via Boston, Very Fine, two ex Van Dyke Provenance - Robert A Siegel Auction Sale Date — Tuesday-Friday, 15-18 Dec, 2020 Sale 1230 Lot #1380
Author's Personal Collection

U.S. to Hawaii, Baldwin Correspondence. Three folded letters addressed to Reverend Dwight Baldwin, one dated Sept. 27, 1832, one dated Oct. 12, 1839, last dated Nov. 8, 1845, one with no indication of rate so carried entirely outside of the mails, one paying 10c rate in 1845 sent care of board of commissions for foreign missions, one paying 25c rate in 1840 and sent via Boston, Very Fine, two ex Van Dyke Provenance - Robert A Siegel Auction Sale Date — Tuesday-Friday, 15-18 Dec, 2020 Sale 1230 Lot #1380

Name/Title

Reverend Dwight Baldwin Covers Collection

Description

Dwight Baldwin (September 29, 1798 – January 3, 1886)[1] was an American Christian missionary and medical doctor on Maui, one of the Hawaiian Islands, during the Kingdom of Hawaii. He was patriarch of a family that founded some of the largest businesses in the islands. Baldwin was first assigned in January 1832 to the mission in Waimea on the island of Hawaiʻi to serve with Lorenzo Lyons at Imiola Church. Then in 1836 he was sent to Waineʻe Church (now called Waiola Church) established by William Richards at Lahaina on the island of Maui, which became the base for most of the rest of his career. Baldwin traveled throughout the islands of Maui, Molokaʻi and Lānaʻi dealing as best he could with the epidemics.[16] Then in 1853, a smallpox epidemic struck the islands. By now an experienced practicing physician, Baldwin was able to get Lahaina quarantined and vaccinated as many residents as he could, then set out to take care of people in the far reaches of Maui and adjacent islands. Although precise counts are not known, there were thousands of deaths on Oahu; Baldwin is credited with keeping the toll to only a few hundred on Maui. He served as trustee of Oahu College (now known as Punahou School, where many of his children and grandchildren would attend) from 1853 to 1875. Wikipedia reference nos.

Web Links and URLs

Wikipedia Dwight Baldwin, More information - Dwight Baldwin Residence Lahaina, Maui

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hawaiiancovers@gmail.com

Create Date

April 30, 2023

Update Date

December 26, 2024