Name/Title
Francis & William Baylies PapersEntry/Object ID
MSS-98-002-Rec. Group 1Scope and Content
Years covered are 1706 – 1863. Papers of Francis Baylies and William Baylies. Types of materials are letters, photos, manuscripts and original documents.Context
Francis Baylies (1783-1852) was born on October 16, 1783, in Taunton, Massachusetts. He was a great-grandson of Quaker ironmaster Thomas Baylies of Coalbrookdale, England (1687-1756), son of Dr. William Baylies (1742-1826), nephew of Hodijah Baylies (1756-1843), an aide-de-camp to General George Washington during the American Revolution, and brother of Congressman William Baylies (1776-1865). Baylies married Mrs. Elizabeth Moulton Deming in 1822. He was a lawyer, a Congressman and the only New Englander to vote against John Quincy Adams when the presidential election of 1824 went to the House. He ran as a Federalist, Jackson Federalist, and Jacksonian before being defeated in a re-election bid in 1827. He subsequently served as a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives from 1827 until 1832. He was briefly appointed as charge d’affaires in Buenos Aires in 1832, and after returning to the United States was re-elected to the House of Representatives. He published An Historical Memoir of the Colony of New Plymouth in 1830 and A Narrative of Major General Wool’s Campaign in Mexico, in the years 1846, 1847, and 1848 in 1851. Baylies died in Taunton on October 28, 1852.
William Baylies (9/15/1776 – 9/27/1865) was educated at Brown University. He was a lawyer, a State Representative 1808-1809; 1812-1812; 1820 and 121. A State Senator 1825 – 1826; 1830 – 1831. He was also a member of the American Antiquarian Society. His brother was Francis Baylies.Archive Details
Archive Size/Extent
Collection consists of two boxes containing sixty-three folders.
