Baldwin and Leitch


Company Names, addresses, dates1:
  Baldwin and Leitch, 228 D St South (1866)
  Andrew Baldwin, D North corner 3d West (1867)
  Baldwin and Flanigan, 3d West cor D St South (1868)
  Baldwin and Cole, 3d West cor D St South (1869)

Notes:
Andrew Baldwin was born circa 1835 in Ireland2.
He bottled mineral water from 1866-1869. The city directories list him with 3 different partners in 4 years1.

In 1866 he was teamed with John Leitch1. "Baldwin & Leich" is the name that is embossed on the bottles shown below.
In November of that year, he announced a mutual breakup with Leitch, and that he was going to continue the business without a partner.3

In 1868 he was teamed up with James Flanigan and in 1869 he was teamed up with James Cole1.
I know of no bottles with "Baldwin & Flanigan" or "Baldwin & Cole" embossed on them, so presumably they re-used the bottles that were embossed with "Baldwin & Leitch".
Baldwin is also listed as a Grocer in 1869, and continues to be listed as a grocer in subsequent years.1

It appears that after 1869, Cole found a new partner and created Cole & Southey.


Bottles:

baldwin book # 60
This is a 7" aqua squat soda bottle, embossed:
front: BALDWIN & LEITCH / WASHINGTON, D.C.
back: B & L
baldwin_02 book # 61
This is a 7" dark-aqua short blob-top soda bottle, embossed:
front: BALDWIN & LEITCH / WASHINGTON, D.C.
back: B & L


1 Boyd's Directory for the District of Columbia (1863-1871)
2 1870 US Census lists Andrew Baldwin born 1835 in Ireland, living in Washington DC
3 Daily Morning Chronicle newspaper, 2-Nov-1866, page 3


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