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Legislators -- United States -- Biography

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

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

Charles Lanman collection on congressional biography

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 2202
Abstract

Correspondence from members of the U.S. Congress to Charles Lanman, providing him with their biographical information. Correspondents include Joseph Lane, John Rogers McBride, James Willis Nesmith, Joseph Showalter Smith, Benjamin Stark, and George Henry Williams.

Dates: 1858-1869

"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