Letter from Horace E. Baldwin to Charles Tobias, Charleston, South Carolina, March 11, 1851


A one-page letter written by Horace E. Baldwin in Charleston, South Carolina, to Charles Tobias in New Orleans, Louisiana, on March 11, 1851. Baldwin discusses a visit to New Orleans with his sister Mary, his travels to New York City after visiting Cuba, and requests that Tobias hold a $1,000 note for two months. Baldwin was a partner in the firm Taylor, Baldwin and Co. in Newark, New Jersey, before moving to New Orleans in 1842, and appears to have remained there until 1853.


Associated People/Businesses

  • Baldwin, Horace E.
  • Tobias, Charles

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Physical Location

Arc.MS.56, Box 3, Folder 8