Baker, Edward Dickinson, 1811-1861
Person
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
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
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
"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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