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  New Georgia Encyclopedia: Abraham Baldwin (1754-1807)
The founder of the University of Georgia and a delegate to the Constitutional Convention in 1787, Abraham Baldwin was born on November 22, 1754, in North Guilford, Connecticut.
Baldwin studied theology at Yale and prepared for a career as a minister before the turbulent years of the American Revolution (1775-83).
After Baldwin turned down a prestigious teaching position as professor of divinity at Yale, Georgia governor Lyman Hall persuaded him to accept the responsibility of creating an educational plan for both secondary and higher education in the state.
www.georgiaencyclopedia.org /nge/Article.jsp?id=h-2710   (851 words)

  
 BALDWIN, ABRAHAM. The Columbia Encyclopedia: Sixth Edition. 2000   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Baldwin served on the committee appointed to solve this problem.
The compromise system of representation that it proposed (by population in the House of Representatives and by states in the Senate) was adopted.
Baldwin was elected to the first House of Representatives and served until 1799.
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 ABRAHAM BALDWIN
Abraham Baldwin's father plied his trade in Guilford, where he eventually rose to the rank of lieutenant in the local unit of the Connecticut militia.
Baldwin apparently served as a chaplain with Connecticut forces on a part-time basis during the early stages of the war, and finally in February 1779 he succeeded the Reverend Timothy Dwight, another Yale tutor, as one of the two brigade chaplains allotted to Connecticut's forces.
As the son of a flsmith, Baldwin exhibited a natural affinity for the rough men of the Georgia frontier; as the graduate of one of the nation's finest schools, he also related easily to the wealthy and cultured planters of the coast.
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 GeorgiaInfo - Carl Vinson Institute of Government
At the same session, the legislature designated Milledgeville as the new county seat of Baldwin County and authorized county court sessions to be held in the state capitol.
Georgia's 29th county (see map) was named for Abraham Baldwin, one of Georgia's two signers of the U.S. Constitution and founder of the University of Georgia.
In the same act, Baldwin County was given land east of the Oconee River from Hancock and Washington counties (see map).
www.cviog.uga.edu /Projects/gainfo/courthouses/baldwinCH.htm   (559 words)

  
 Baldwin, Abraham   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Baldwin, Abraham (1754-1807) Signer of the US Constitution: Abraham Baldwin was born on November 22, 1754, in North Guilford, Connecticut.
Baldwin moved to Georgia, passed the bar in 1784 and became a member of the state legislature in 1785.
Baldwin was a Georgia delegate at the Constitutional Convention in 1787, where he signed the US Constitution.
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 Baldwin County, Alabama Genealogy
Baldwin was originally carved out of Washington by an act of the Mississippi Territorial legislature, dated December 21,1809.
As then organized, it lay west of the Tombikbee (except a portion of the lower part of the "fork"); south of the 5th township line, north of the parallel 31°, and east of the boundary line of Mississippi; and the courthouse was at McIntosh's Bluff.
In 1870 Baldwin had 4919 acres of improved, and 78,232 acres of unimproved farm lands; having a cash value of $140,550; and an estimated value of the farm productions in 1869 of $81,210.
www.alabamagenealogy.org /baldwin/index.htm   (3641 words)

  
 University of Georgia Presidents' Exhibit: Abraham Baldwin   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
The son of a flsmith, Baldwin, stayed on at Yale to study theology.
On February 25, 1784, Baldwin was appointed to the Board of Trustees to manage 40,000 acres set aside for a College or Seminary of Learning.
Baldwin acted as Georgia's representative in the new Congress until 1798 when he was elected to the Senate where he remained until his death.
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 New Georgia Encyclopedia: Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College
Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College (ABAC) in Tifton is one of the largest residential two-year colleges in Georgia.
The college is named after Abraham Baldwin, a Georgia signer of the U.S. Constitution and the first president of the University of Georgia.
Prominent ABAC alumni include former lieutenant governor and state supreme court justice George T. Smith; Georgia Secretary of State Cathy Cox; and former U.S. president Jimmy Carter, who enrolled in several short courses through ABAC's continuing education program when he was a peanut farmer in nearby Plains.
www.georgiaencyclopedia.org /nge/Article.jsp?id=h-1433   (715 words)

  
 Baldwin County Alabama
Considered one of Georgia's earliest progressive leaders, Abraham Baldwin is credited with assisting in the authorship of the Georgia State Charter and with the concept of a complete state educational system which directly led to the founding of the University of Georgia - the first of the state universities.
Baldwin County's rich history and diverse cultures have created a place welcome to all, for its strength is not only found among the plethora of abundant natural resources, healthy economy or beautiful beaches, but with the people who have carved out a place to live, prosper and continuously grow.
Baldwin County was among the lands the British gained as a result of the French and Indian Wars (1754-1763).
www.co.baldwin.al.us /PageView.asp?PageType=R&edit_id=156   (2956 words)

  
 Finding aid to UGA 97-092.html
Abraham Baldwin, Georgia politician and educator, and Founder of the University of Georgia, was born in North Guilford, Connecticut, on November 22, 1754, to Michael and Lucy Dudley Baldwin.
Baldwin wrote the charter for the University of Georgia, and saw it adopted by the state legislature in January of 1785.
Baldwin was firmly committed to states' rights, and felt that, although slavery was wrong, that Georgia would eventually abandon it.
www.libs.uga.edu /hargrett/archives/uga97-092.html   (1378 words)

  
 Abraham - Search Results - MSN Encarta
Abraham, biblical patriarch, according to the Book of Genesis (see 11:27-25:10), progenitor of the Hebrews, who probably lived in the period between...
Ishmael (Hebrew, “may God hear”), in the Old Testament, the elder son of the Hebrew patriarch Abraham, and in Islamic tradition, an ancestor of the...
The story begins as God turns to a man called Abram (who later takes the name Abraham) and tells him to leave his home in Mesopotamia and travel to...
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 From Revolution to Reconstruction: Biographies: Abraham Baldwin
Baldwin was born at Guilford, Conn., in 1754, the second son of a flsmith who fathered 12 children by 2 wives.
Within a year, Baldwin moved to Georgia, won legislative approval to practice his profession, and obtained a grant of land in Wilkes County.
That same year, Baldwin attended the Constitutional Convention, from which he was absent for a few weeks.
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 baldwin   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Baldwin was born to a large and prominent Connecticut family; he attended Yale College, then studied for the ministry, and during the Revolutionary War, served as an army chaplain.
Baldwin also served in the Continental Congress, an experience that helped shape his belief that a stronger form of national government was necessary.
He was sent to Philadelphia, and although born in the north, argued vigorously at the Convention for the protection of slavery (though otherwise supporting efforts to strengthen the national government).
fas-history.rutgers.edu /clemens/constitutional1/baldwin.html   (159 words)

  
 Abraham Baldwin - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Abraham Baldwin (November 23, 1754—March 4, 1807) was an American politician, Patriot, and Founding Father from the U.S. state of Georgia.
Baldwin was a Georgia representative in the Continental Congress and served in the United States House of Representatives and Senate after the adoption of the Constitution.
According to some notes of Abraham Baldwin that were made public in 1987, George Washington told Baldwin privately that he did not expect the U.S. Constitution to last more than 20 years.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Abraham_Baldwin   (826 words)

  
 Early Life - Abraham Baldwin   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Abraham Baldwin (November 23, 1754 — March 4, 1807) was an Politics of the United States, Patriot (American Revolution), and Founding Fathers of the United States from the U.S. state of Georgia (U.S. state).
Baldwin was a Georgia representative in the Continental Congress and served in the United States House of Representatives and United States Senate after the adoption of the United States Constitution.
Instead of resuming his ministerial or educational duties after the war, he turned to the study of law and in 1783 was admitted to the bar at Fairfield, Connecticut.
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 Delegates to the Constitutional Convention: Abraham Baldwin   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Baldwin is a Gentleman of superior abilities and joins in a public debate with great art and eloquence."
Biography from the National Archives: Baldwin was born at Guilford, Conn., in 1754, the second son of a flsmith who fathered 12 children by 2 wives.
Baldwin, who never married, died after a short illness during his 53d year in 1807.
teachingamericanhistory.org /convention/delegates/baldwin.html   (586 words)

  
 County History
Georgia's 29th county was named for Abraham Baldwin, one of Georgia's two signers of the U.S. Constitution and founder of the University of Georgia.
In the same act, Baldwin County was given land east of the Oconee River from Hancock and Washington counties.
n June 1806, the Baldwin County's first court session was held in a log cabin in Hillsborough (a small settlement today located in Jasper County about 25 miles northwest of Milledgeville).
www.baldwincountyga.com /history.htm   (519 words)

  
 USG: Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College (ABAC)
Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College (ABAC) is one of the largest, residential two-year colleges in Georgia with an enrollment of over 3,400 students.
The college is named after Abraham Baldwin, a Georgia signer of the United States Constitution and the first president of The University of Georgia.
Nursing is the largest single major at Abraham Baldwin with over 800 students studying to reach Registered Nurse (R.N.) status.
www.usg.edu /inst/abac   (839 words)

  
 Georgia Department of Community Affairs
Georgia's 27th county was named for Abraham Baldwin, a member of the Continental Congress and author of the bill to create the nation's first state university, now the University of Georgia.
Notable Georgians from Baldwin County include the Honorable Carl Vinson, who served Georgia as a U.S. Congressman for 50 years; writer Flannery O'Connor; and comedian Oliver Hardy.
Baldwin County is home to a number of festivals and events including water skiing tournaments in July, the Brown's Crossing Craftsmen Fair in October, and the Candlelight Tour of Homes in December.
www.dca.state.ga.us /Snapshots/p1.asp?County=Baldwin   (278 words)

  
 Baldwin, Abraham - HighBeam Encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
BALDWIN, ABRAHAM [Baldwin, Abraham] 1754-1807, American political leader, b.
Guilford, Conn. After serving as a chaplain in the American Revolution, he studied law and in 1784 was admitted to practice in Georgia.
Soldier-Statesmen of the Constitution: Abraham Baldwin - Georgia
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 BMS Library History   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Abraham Baldwin Middle School in Guilford, Connecticut, was completed in 1970.
Hill and she noted in a report that "in September was an immense room with a chair, a card table, a portable typewriter and stacks of boxes full of books." In December 1970 the library had about 2000 volumes ready for the shelves.
On January 16, 1980, the Abraham Baldwin Middle School Library Media Center was dedicated to Ruth C. Hill in recognition of her years of service.
www.guilford.k12.ct.us /~dearp/history.html   (352 words)

  
 College Toolkit: College Profile for Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College - News
Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College in Tifton and five universities, including Clemson, the University of Florida and Auburn, have permanent exhibit halls at...
In May of 2003, a group of 23 ducks was found on the campus of Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College in Tifton.
The Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College Jazz Band entertained guests at a reception after the ceremony in the south wing of the second floor of the Capitol.
www.lunch-money.com /Colleges/News/138558.aspx   (256 words)

  
 The Political Graveyard: Index to Politicians: Baldwin
Son of Henry Baldwin and Theodora (Wolcott) Baldwin; half-brother of Abraham Baldwin.
Baldwin, J. — of Hebron, Thayer County, Neb. Democrat.
Baldwin, Lawrence A. — of Spreckelville, Island of Maui,
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 Abraham Baldwin, Signer of the U.S. Constitution   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Abraham Baldwin is regarded as one of the Founding Fathers of the United States of America.
Abraham Baldwin was a Congregationalist, an Episcopalian and/or a Presbyterian according to various sources.
Abraham Balwin was identified as a Congregationalist by A Worthy Company: Brief Lives of the Framers of the United States Constitution by M. Bradford and Georgia Public Library Service.
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 ACES: Baldwin County Extension Office   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Baldwin County is older than Alabama and was named after the founder of the University of Georgia, Abraham Baldwin.
Today, Baldwin County is an increasingly urbanized area with more than 153,000 inhabitants on the outskirts of the Mobile metropolitan area.
Baldwin County is a major tourist destination, where more than 1 million people flock to the white, sandy beaches of Gulf Shores annually.
www.aces.edu /counties/cnty_cookie.php?county=Baldwin   (402 words)

  
 Abraham Baldwin
BALDWIN, Abraham, statesman, born in Guilford, Connecticut, 6 November 1754; died in Washington, District of Columbia, 4 March 1807.
He was graduated at Yale in 1772, and held a tutorship there from 1775 to 1779.
One of these was Henry Baldwin, noticed below; another was the wife of Joel Bar-low, the poet.
www.famousamericans.net /abrahambaldwin   (467 words)

  
 Elias Baldwin and Elizabeth Piatt
She was the daughter of Abraham and Annabelle Andrew Piatt and died before April 19, 1808.
John A P Baldwin b: c1847, IN Elizabeth received from her father's estate in Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, an interest of 41, 2, 11-2/12 (the same as the rest of her siblings, except the eldest Jacob, he got a double portion.
Abraham Baldwin (son of Elias and Elizabeth) signed a marriage consent for Rachel Baldwin to marry Robert Cowan in Montgomery County, Ohio.
www.angelfire.com /ar/pyeatt/Baldwin.html   (250 words)

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