{"id":594,"date":"2018-06-03T15:24:34","date_gmt":"2018-06-03T19:24:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/web.colby.edu\/mainebeer\/?p=594"},"modified":"2018-06-19T06:58:28","modified_gmt":"2018-06-19T10:58:28","slug":"history-leverett-s-baldwin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/mainebeer\/2018\/06\/03\/history-leverett-s-baldwin\/","title":{"rendered":"History: Leverett S. Baldwin"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It is unclear how early Baldwin started out in the brewing business, but his earliest listing in 1849 in Saco when he was approximately\u00a0thirty-three\u00a0years old. He ran a confectionery business where he also brewed small beer. In\u00a01850, his wife\u00a0Aseneth Baldwin gave birth to their daughter, Anna Baldwin.\u00a0 Baldwin later moved to Biddeford and operated out of 38 Elm as a small beer manufacturer in 1860. He moved his operation to the rear of 60 Elm in 1868 and continued brewing till his death in 1870 or 1871. Anna worked in a cotton mill around the time of her father&#8217;s death.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-669 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/web.colby.edu\/mainebeer\/files\/2018\/01\/0C39B2D8-F9B1-4B93-9FB5-2ABA94FB2F72-1024x762.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"762\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/mainebeer\/files\/2018\/01\/0C39B2D8-F9B1-4B93-9FB5-2ABA94FB2F72-1024x762.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/mainebeer\/files\/2018\/01\/0C39B2D8-F9B1-4B93-9FB5-2ABA94FB2F72-300x223.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/mainebeer\/files\/2018\/01\/0C39B2D8-F9B1-4B93-9FB5-2ABA94FB2F72-768x571.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Baldwin\u2019s career in Biddeford took place along Elm Street, where he occupied two different locations throughout the years. Image from Sanford, Everts &amp; Co\u2019s Atlas of York County, ME, 1872. Courtesy of AncestryLibrary.com<\/p>\n<!--themify_builder_content-->\n<div id=\"themify_builder_content-594\" data-postid=\"594\" class=\"themify_builder_content themify_builder_content-594 themify_builder tf_clear\">\n    \t\t\t<!-- module_row -->\n\t<div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_row themify_builder_row tb_66h0610 tb_first tf_w tf_clearfix\">\n\t    \t\t\t<div class=\"row_inner col_align_top tb_col_count_1 tf_box tf_rel\">\n\t\t            <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column tb-column col-full   tb_mpgw020 first\">\n                                                        <div class=\"tb-column-inner tf_box tf_w\">\n                        <!-- module box -->\n<div  class=\"module module-box tb_cc8o012 \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div class=\"module-box-content ui  tb_default_color\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"tb_text_wrap\"><p>Sources:<\/p><p>Will Anderson,<em> The Great State of Maine Beer Book<\/em> (Portland: Anderson &amp; Sons\u2019 Publishing Co., 1996) 43.<br \/> Biddeford Business Directory, 1870.<br \/> Saco City Directory, 1849.<br \/> U. S. Census, 1870.<\/p><\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module box -->\n                    <\/div><!-- .tb-column-inner -->\n                            <\/div><!-- .module_column -->\n            \t    <\/div><!-- .row_inner -->\n\t<\/div><!-- .module_row -->\n\t<\/div>\n<!--\/themify_builder_content-->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It is unclear how early Baldwin started out in the brewing business, but his earliest listing in 1849 in Saco when he was approximately\u00a0thirty-three\u00a0years old. He ran a confectionery business where he also brewed small beer. In\u00a01850, his wife\u00a0Aseneth Baldwin gave birth to their daughter, Anna Baldwin.\u00a0 Baldwin later moved to Biddeford and operated out [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7939,"featured_media":669,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[921],"tags":[374723],"builder_content":"<p>Sources:<\/p><p>Will Anderson,<em> The Great State of Maine Beer Book<\/em> (Portland: Anderson &amp; Sons\u2019 Publishing Co., 1996) 43.<br \/> Biddeford Business Directory, 1870.<br \/> Saco City Directory, 1849.<br \/> U. S. 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