Lot 503
Reverend Dwight Baldwin, group of 20 letters written and signed by Rev. Baldwin from 1860-1881, letters mostly concern family matters and general Island life, one to remarks "the Reciprocity treaty, we hear, has passed the Legislature, & when it has passed both houses of Congress at Washn., as enlightened men, in California, think it will next winter or spring, then our plantations will all feel the benefit. Tell pap if Cal. Refinery dont deal fairly, they can send ship loads of sugar round Cape Horn to New York & Boston…", Sept. 6, 1868 letter resigning the Pastorate of the Church at Lahaina written in Hawaiian (insect damage), Fine, An important group (no photo).Estimate $500 - 750.
Dwight Baldwin (1798-1886) was an American Christian missionary and physician on Maui, one of the Hawaiian Islands, during the Kingdom of Hawaii. One of his sons, Henry Perrine Baldwin (1842-1911) married Emily Whitney Alexander in 1869 and co-founded with Samuel Thomas Alexander the partnership of Alexander & Baldwin, one of the "Big Five" corporations that dominated Hawaii's economy in the early 20th century.
Realized: $2,600