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English: 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.
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