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Baker, Edward Dickinson, 1811-1861

 Person

Found in 6 Collections and/or Records:

Portrait of Col. Edward D. Baker

 Collection
Identifier: Mss5018
Abstract

Hand-colored lithograph portrait of Edward D. Baker.

Dates: circa 1850-1900

Harry C. Blair collection on Edward D. Baker

 Collection
Identifier: Coll 296
Abstract

Materials compiled by author Harry C. Blair regarding the life, family, and career of Colonel Edward C. Baker, including his friendship with Abraham Lincoln. The materials include notes, photographs, and correspondence.

Dates: circa 1845-1952

Harry Blair papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss2655
Abstract

Collection includes research notes and correspondence regarding Harry C. Blair's work on a biography of Colonel Edward Baker, which he co-authored with Rebecca Tarshis, and on Dr. Anson G. Henry.

Dates: 1950-1977

Abraham Walter Lafferty papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss2252
Abstract Abraham Walter Lafferty (1875-1964) practiced law in Portland and was elected as a Republican to the sixty-second and sixty-third Congresses (March 4, 1911-March 3, 1915). He moved to New York City in 1919 and continued the practice of law there until 1933. He returned to Portland and later unsuccessfully ran for political office several times. Papers include letters to E. B. MacNaughton, January 1949, urging Reed College to purchase Calvert Mansion in Riverdale, Maryland; and miscellaneous...
Dates: 1949-1991

Walter E. Meacham papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 2479
Abstract

Typescripts for books and articles by Oregon historian and preservationist Walter Meacham, including typescripts of "Wagon wheels," "Stories of pioneer women," and "He walked with Lincoln."

Dates: circa 1925-1951

"Ned" Baker: friend of Lincoln

 Collection
Identifier: Mss1348
Abstract

Typescript monograph, "'Ned' Baker: Friend of Lincoln," by Edgar I. Stewart, circa 1963, about the life of Edward Dickinson Baker (1811-1861), a senator from Oregon, 1860-1861, and friend of Abraham Lincoln.

Dates: circa 1963

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Oregon 3
Politics and Politicians 3
Legislators -- United States -- Biography 2
correspondence 2
research notes 2