Keywords: Loammi Baldwin by Herbert Adams, plaque - DSC04116.JPG en Loammi Baldwin memorial by Herbert Adams 1858-1945 Woburn Massachusetts USA This statue was created in 1917 and hence is now in the public domain According to the Smithsonian Institution's SIRIS system On bottom rear of sculpture near base HERBERT ADAMS SC/1917 Marked bottom left edge rear of base CAST BY/ROMAN BRONZE WORKS N Y On bronze plaque on front of base in raised letters LOAMMI BALDWIN/PATRIOT/PUBLIC OFFICIAL/BORN JANUARY 21 1745 N S /IN NORTH WOBURN/MASSACHUSETTS/DIED OCTOBER 20 1807 On bronze plaque on east side of base ONE OF THE PROPRIETORS/AND/A PRINCIPAL CONSTRUCTOR/OF THE MIDDLESEX CANAL/A MEMBER OF/THE COMMITTEE TO SIGN/THE PAPER MONEY OF/MASSACHUSETTS BAY COLONY/FIRST SHERIFF OF/MIDDLESEX COUNTY/UNDER THE STATE CONSTITUTION/A LEADER OF AFFAIRS/IN WOBURN On bronze plaque on west side of base A PARTICIPANT WITH THE/RANK OF MAJOR/IN THE BATTLES OF/LEXINGTON AND CONCORD/A COLONEL OF/THE 26TH REGIMENT OF/THE CONTINENTAL ARMY/WITH GENERAL WASHINGTON/DURING THE OCCUPATION/OF NEW YORK/AND IN THE BATTLE/OF TRENTON On bronze plaque on base of base BALDWIN APPLE/DISSEMINATOR OF THE APPLE/IN HONOR OF HIM CALLED/THE BALDWIN/WHICH PROCEEDED FROM A TREE/ORIGINALLY GROWING WILD/ABOUT TWO MILES NORTH/OF THIS MONUMENT signed Founder's mark appears 2012-02-12 own Daderot cc-zero Uploaded with UploadWizard Loammi Baldwin by Herbert Adams Raised letters |