Cleveland, past and present; its representative men: . ^ijl ^i^/^C^^^^^ ^. rv A V !IS REPRESESTAril-E MEN. 127 1;LI!ERT IRVIJJG BALDWIN. The <iry uoods establishment of E. I. Baldwin & Co. is one of the Ito-l known business houses of Cleveland. Its reputation extends ? wi<ltly iM-yond tlie limits of the city, and throughout a large portion (»f Stale it is known as one of the places to be visited whenever H -liojipin;, txeursion is made to Cleveland. Irving Baldwin, the founder and head of the firm, was bornin Niw Haven, Connecticut, May 13, 1S29. He received excellentf«rly e
Cleveland, past and present; its representative men: . ^ijl ^i^/^C^^^^^ ^. rv A V !IS REPRESESTAril-E MEN. 127 1;LI!ERT IRVIJJG BALDWIN. The <iry uoods establishment of E. I. Baldwin & Co. is one of the Ito-l known business houses of Cleveland. Its reputation extends ? wi<ltly iM-yond tlie limits of the city, and throughout a large portion (»f Stale it is known as one of the places to be visited whenever H -liojipin;, txeursion is made to Cleveland. Irving Baldwin, the founder and head of the firm, was bornin Niw Haven, Connecticut, May 13, 1S29. He received excellentf«rly edticational advantages, in prex)aration for a literary life, but ashis health was not equal to this, he turned his attention to mercantilel»nrsuits, when about eighteen years of age, by engaging as clerk inill* dry goods house of Sandford <k Allen, in his native town. Withtlie lirm he remained several years, and then engaged for about twoyears with a dry goods firm in New York city. In October, 1853, Mr. Baldwin came to Cleveland, and on
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