Edwin Aldrich 1836–1905

Edwin Aldrich (14 October 1836 – 1905) was a Rhode Island attorney. Born in Woonsocket, son of Captain Joseph C. and Aseneth Aldrich. Prepared at Woonsocket High School; one year at Tufts College, then Brown University through the junior year. Read law with Wingate Hayes of Providence and took the LL.B. at the University of Albany. Admitted to the bar in 1863. Brief practice in Neenah and Oshkosh, Wisconsin (partnership with Moses Hooper), then returned to Providence in 1864. Partnered with Leland D. Jenckes as Aldrich & Jenckes 1868–1872; alone thereafter. Served on the Providence city assembly 1867–1869. Lifelong Republican. Free Mason; for two years Eminent Commander of the Woonsocket Commandery of Knights Templar. Married Augusta C. Carter of Naugatuck, Connecticut, 17 June 1870. Children included Florence Augusta, Alice May, Paul Edwin, Lotta Helen, and K. Pauline. By the 1890s he was addressed as attorney at law in Woonsocket (including 177 Main Street and rural delivery). He held investment interests in the Midwest, Colorado mining (Cripple Creek and Silver Plume companies and agents), and Texas. Surviving papers include mining correspondence (Huntington), personal and business letters (Worcester Historical Museum), and a broader legal/financial collection.

Existence span 1836–1905