Mss:999 1709-1886 B167
Baker, George Ellis. George Ellis Baker Autograph Collection, 1709-1886: A Finding
Aid
Baker Library Special Collections, Harvard Business School, Harvard University
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Call No.: Mss:999 1709-1886 B167
Repository: Baker Library Special Collections, Harvard Business School, Harvard University
Title: George Ellis Baker autograph collection
Date(s): 1709-1886
Quantity: 1.5 linear feet (3 boxes)
Language of materials: English
Abstract: Collection of autographs compiled by George Ellis Baker during the 19th century.
Gift of George F. Baker Trust, 2010.
Processed: November 2012
By: Benjamin Johnson
This autograph collection was part of the same accession as the Baker family papers,
however, given the nature of the materials and because it was strictly an autograph
collection amassed by George E. Baker, the decision was to made to give this collection
a separate record.
Some material may be stored offsite. Please contact histcollref@hbs.edu for more information.
Cite as: George Ellis Baker Autograph Collection. Baker Library Historical Collections.
Harvard Business School.
For additional George Ellis Baker correspondence and material relating to his family,
see the
Baker family papers.
The collection is arranged alphabetically.
The George Ellis Baker autograph collection consists of letters, documents and autographs
of famous European and American politicians, writers, military leaders and intellectuals.
Included are personal letters sent directly to Baker and signatures purchased and
collected by Baker. Also included in this collection are letters addressed to Secretary
of State, William Henry Seward. Baker served as private secretary to Seward during
the 1860s. The bulk of the material in this autograph collection are autograph signed
letters of politicians and intellectuals from the state of New York including senators,
congressmen, mayors and governors. There are also autograph signed letters of famous
European politicians and writers.
- Box 1, Folder 1Adams, Charles Francis letter to George E. Baker, Sept 2, 1855
- Box 1, Folder 2Adams, Hannah to her niece Mary, Mar. 12, 1822 and Mar. 17, 1827
- Box 1, Folder 3Adams, John Quincy (three signatures)
- Box 1, Folder 4Ainsworth, W. Harrison (signature)
- Box 1, Folder 5Ames, Fisher (title page of Ames's court book for Middlesex, Worcester County, from
March 1783)
- Box 1, Folder 5Ames, Fisher to Gold S. Silliman, Oct. 28, 1805
- Box 1, Folder 6Amherst, Jeffrey to Nathan Whiting, July 25, 1762
- Box 1, Folder 7Anderson, Hans Christian (signature), approx. May 2, 1863
- Box 1, Folder 8Anderson, Robert to Secretary of State, Oct. 3, 1861
- Box 1, Folder 9Anthony, Susan B. to George E. Baker, [Mar. 9, 1857]
- Box 3, Folder 1Ashe, John, July 27, 1777
- Box 1, Folder 10Bancroft, George to Mr. Griswold, May 26, 1867
- Box 1, Folder 11Barnes, Albert to William Henry Seward, Jan. 12, 1866
- Box 1, Folder 12Benson, Egbert to Mr. Hughes
- Box 1, Folder 13Benton, Thomas H. Jan. 8, 1831
- Box 1, Folder 14Blucker, B. signed stock certificate, Nov. 28, 1792
- Box 1, Folder 15Bouck, William Christian signed legal document, Nov. 9, 1843
- Box 1, Folder 16Brown, John to Stephen Myers and Frederick Douglass Apr. 19, 1858
- Box 1, Folder 17Browning, John letter, Feb. 26, 1844
- Box 1, Folder 18Brownlow, William Gannaway to George E. Baker, Jun. 8, 1861
- Box 1, Folder 19Buchanan, James to Ely Moore, Oct. 18, 1847
- Box 1, Folder 20van Buren, Martin to General Banks, Jan. 27, 1829
- Box 1, Folder 21Burlingame, Amasa (Two signatures)
- Box 1, Folder 22Burnet, William signed legal document, Aug. 20, 1723
- Box 1, Folder 23Burr, Aaron (Four signatures)
- Box 1, Folder 24Burr, Aaron to John Ray, July 16, 1793
- Box 1, Folder 25Burr, Aaron to James Porter, July 11, 1825
- Box 1, Folder 26Burritt, Elisha to the editor of The Evening Journal, Jan. 17, 1859
- Box 1, Folder 27Carlisle, Earl of (signature)
- Box 1, Folder 28Cass, Lewis (signature)
- Box 1, Folder 29Channing, William E. to Octavius Brooks Frothingham, May 11, 1842
- Box 1, Folder 30Child, Lydia Maria to Isaac T. Hopper, Jan. 11, 1852
- Box 1, Folder 31Choate, Rufus, June 13, 1841
- Box 1, Folder 32Claiborne, William C.C. to David B. Mitchell, Mar. 25, 1816
- Box 1, Folder 33Clark, Myron H. to George E. Baker
- Box 1, Folder 33Clark, Myron H. (signature)
- Box 1, Folder 33Clark, Myron H., Mar 29, 1855
- Box 1, Folder 33Clark, Myron H. to George E. Baker, Feb. 23, 1858
- Box 1, Folder 34Clay, Henry (Two signatures), Apr. 23, 1827 and Feb. 1851
- Box 1, Folder 34Clay, Henry to M. Preston, June 11, 1842
- Box 1, Folder 35Clayton, John M. (signature), Apr. 30, 1850
- Box 1, Folder 35Clayton, John M. (signature), May 31, 1850
- Box 1, Folder 36Clinton, Charles legal document, 1749
- Box 1, Folder 37Clinton, DeWitt, 4 Apr. 1798
- Box 1, Folder 37Clinton, DeWitt to Gen. Avery, Sept., 23, 1822
- Box 1, Folder 37Clinton, DeWitt to James M. Hughes, Aug. 31
- Box 1, Folder 38Clinton, George (signature), Oct. 19, 1751
- Box 1, Folder 38Clinton, George to New York Senate, Aug. 24, 1779
- Box 1, Folder 38Clinton, George (signature), Feb. 15, 1793
- Box 1, Folder 39Clinton, Jr., George and Clinton, James (signature), 1791
- Box 1, Folder 40Clinton, James (signature), May 12, 1795
- Box 1, Folder 41Cobden, Richard to R.R. Wood, Apr. 5, 1859
- Box 1, Folder 42Cockrell, Francis Marion to Benjamin Perley Poore, Dec. 5, 1877
- Box 1, Folder 43Colden, Cadwallader (signature), Mar. 17, 1725/6
- Box 1, Folder 43Colden, Cadwallader (signature), Oct.11, 1760
- Box 1, Folder 43Colden, Cadwallader (signature), Aug. 17, 1761
- Box 1, Folder 43Colden, Cadwallader (signature), 1809
- Box 1, Folder 44Collins, Wilkie (signature)
- Box 1, Folder 45Cooper, James Fenimore to James D.P. Ogden, Oct. 19, 1839
- Box 1, Folder 46Corcoran, Michael to William Henry Seward, May 11, 1861
- Box 1, Folder 47Cornbury, Earl Hyde, Viscount (signature), Feb. 8, 1706/7
- Box 1, Folder 48van Cortlandt, Philip, document
- Box 1, Folder 48van Cortlandt, Philip, Dec. 30, 1790
- Box 1, Folder 48van Cortlandt, Pierre, document, Oct. 28, 1760
- Box 1, Folder 49Corwin, Thomas to William Henry Seward, Jan. 23, 1834
- Box 1, Folder 50Cosby, William (signature), May 20, 1734
- Box 1, Folder 51Crawford, George W. letter, Apr. 2, 1861
- Box 1, Folder 52Curtis, G.W. to W. Baker, Oct 27, 1859
- Box 1, Folder 52Curtis, G.W. to W. Baker, Dec. 18, 1859
- Box 1, Folder 52Curtis, G.W. to W. Baker, Mar. 4, 1860
- Box 1, Folder 53Cushman, Charlotte to Major Seward, 1867
- Box 1, Folder 54van Dam, Rip, Apr. 21, 1732
- Box 1, Folder 55Dana, Charles A. to George E. Baker, Nov. 12, 1855, Dec. 27, 1855 and Apr. 16, 1861
- Box 1, Folder 56Davis, Jefferson to J.C. Derby, Aug. 16, 1886
- Box 1, Folder 57Davis, John (signature)
- Box 1, Folder 58De Kay, Drake (signature), July 25, 1861
- Box 1, Folder 59De Lancey, James (signature)
- Box 1, Folder 60Dexter, Samuel to William Cranch, Mar. 5, 1807 (Also Timothy Pickering letter with
signature)
- Box 1, Folder 61Douglass, Frederick to William Henry Seward, Apr. 14, 1853
- Box 1, Folder 61Douglass, Frederick to George E. Baker, Feb. 13, 1883
- Box 1, Folder 62Dow, Neal S. to George E. Baker, Oct. 25, 1855
- Box 1, Folder 63Everett, Edward to Mr. Stubbs, Mar. 9, 1834
- Box 1, Folder 63Everett, Edward to J.E. Sherwood, Oct. 14, 1852
- Box 1, Folder 63Everett, Edward (signature), Feb. 16, 1853
- Box 1, Folder 64Faneuil, Peter, 1729
- Box 1, Folder 65Fillmore, Millard to Daniel Webster, Apr. 4, 1852
- Box 1, Folder 66Fisher, Hinsdale and Betsey letter, Mar. 20, 1855
- Box 1, Folder 67Fish, Hamilton letter, Jan. 16, 1850 (with signed carte de viste photograph)
- Box 1, Folder 68Fish, Hamilton to George E. Baker, June 27, 1871
- Box 1, Folder 69Floyd, John B. to John Willis Ellis, Nov. 15, 1860
- Box 1, Folder 70Fremont, John C. to John M. Lenox, July 13, 1850
- Box 1, Folder 71Fuller, Margaret letter
- Box 1, Folder 72Gallatin, Albert to Jedediah Huntington, Feb. 22, 1813
- Box 1, Folder 73Garibaldi, Guiseppe, 1868
- Box 1, Folder 74Garrison, William Lloyd to Isaac T. Hopper, May 1, 1845
- Box 1, Folder 74Garrison, William Lloyd to Lydia Mott, July 25, 1855
- Box 1, Folder 75Gibbons, Abby Hopper letter, Sept. 13, 1859
- Box 1, Folder 76Giddings, Joshua Reed to Levi Woodbury, Jan. 31, 1840
- Box 1, Folder 77Greeley, Horace to George E. Baker, Jan. 24, 1851
- Box 1, Folder 77Greeley, Horace to George E. Baker, Feb. 8, 1853
- Box 1, Folder 77Greeley, Horace to George E. Baker, Sept 2, 1853
- Box 1, Folder 77Greeley, Horace to George E. Baker, Apr. 14, 1854
- Box 1, Folder 77Greeley, Horace to George E. Baker, Oct. 9, 1854
- Box 1, Folder 77Greeley, Horace to George E. Baker, Feb. 25, 1855
- Box 1, Folder 77Greeley, Horace to George E. Baker, Feb. 28, 1859
- Box 1, Folder 77Greeley, Horace to George E. Baker, Apr. 28, 1859
- Box 1, Folder 77Greeley, Horace to George E. Baker, Sept. 17, 1863
- Box 1, Folder 77Greeley, Horace to George E. Baker, Dec. 29, 1865
- Box 1, Folder 77Greeley, Horace to George E. Baker, Jan. 19, 1866
- Box 3, Folder 2Greene, Nathaniel to Gov. Alexander Martin, June 26, 1782
- Box 1, Folder 78Greenwood, Grace (Sarah Jane Lippincott) to George E. Baker
- Box 1, Folder 78Greenwood, Grace (Sarah Jane Lippincott) to George E. Baker, Feb. 2, 1857
- Box 1, Folder 79Gurowski, Count Adam
- Box 1, Folder 80Hale, Edward Everett to George E. Baker, Nov 26, 1875
- Box 1, Folder 81Hale, Sarah J. to Myron H. Clark, Sept. 11, 1856
- Box 1, Folder 82Hall, A. M., June 25
- Box 1, Folder 83Hall, Abraham Oakey to George E. Baker, June 13, 1855
- Box 1, Folder 83Hall, Abraham Oakey to George E. Baker, Feb. 7, 1861
- Box 1, Folder 84Hamilton, Alexander, 1786 (also James Monroe's handwriting, Aug. 4, 1802 and June
21, 1806)
- Box 1, Folder 85Hamilton, Alexander to Judge Robert Morris of New Jersey, William Popham, and Peter
Goelet, Dec. 26, 1798
- Box 1, Folder 86Hamilton, Alexander to Jedediah Huntington, Dec. 8, 1792
- Box 1, Folder 87Hamilton, Alexander (legal documents, 1804; signature)
- Box 1, Folder 88Harrison, William Henry, Feb. 6, 1829
- Box 1, Folder 89Hayden, Uriah to Samuel Mansfield and Benedict Arnold, Jan. 26, 1771 (attached is
an sample of Benedict Arnold's handwriting)
- Box 1, Folder 90Henry, Patrick, Dec. 3, 1787
- Box 1, Folder 91Heth, Henry to Zebulon Baird Vance, Jan. 21, 1863
- Box 1, Folder 92Hill, Daniel Harvey to Zebulon Baird Vance, Apr. 21, 1863
- Box 1, Folder 93Hopper, Isaac T. to George E. Baker, Jan. 23, 1851
- Box 1, Folder 93Hopper, Isaac T. to George E. Baker, June 2, 1851
- Box 1, Folder 94Hosack, David, Jan. 30, 1820
- Box 1, Folder 95Howitt, William
- Box 1, Folder 95Howitt, William (signature)
- Box 1, Folder 96Howitt, Mary
- Box 1, Folder 97Hunt, Washington, January 8, 1852
- Box 1, Folder 98Hunter, David, May 20, 1865
- Box 1, Folder 99Hunter, R.M.J. (signature)
- Box 1, Folder 100Hunter, Robert, July 23, 1714
- Box 1, Folder 100Hunter, Robert, Aug. 25, 1716
- Box 1, Folder 101Jackson, Andrew, Nov. 3, 1829 (with Martin van Buren signature)
- Box 1, Folder 101Jackson, Andrew to Martin van Buren, June 1, 1830
- Box 1, Folder 101Jackson, Andrew, 1832
- Box 1, Folder 101Jackson, Andrew, Sept. 13, 1836
- Box 1, Folder 102Jay, John (1745-1829), Jan. 26, 1798 (with Jasper Hopper signature)
- Box 1, Folder 102Jay, John (1745-1829), Feb. 26, 1798
- Box 1, Folder 102Jay, John to George E. Baker, Sept 14, 1855
- Box 1, Folder 102Jay, John to George E. Baker, Mar. 12, 1859
- Box 1, Folder 103Jay, Peter Augustus to James Porter
- Box 1, Folder 104Jay, William to John Jay, July 9, 1855
- Box 1, Folder 105Jefferson, Thomas (signature)
- Box 1, Folder 106Kendall, Amos, Sept 5, 1833
- Box 1, Folder 107Kent, James, Dec. 21, 1796
- Box 1, Folder 107Kent, James to Brigadier General Hughes, May 26 and Nov. 27, 1798
- Box 1, Folder 107Kent, James to Edward Dunscomb, Dec. 27, 1796 (with Egbert Benson signature)
- Box 1, Folder 108Kent, William to Myron H. Clark, Sept. 26, 1855
- Box 1, Folder 109King, John A. to George E. Baker, Mar. 31, [1855] (with Rufus King signature)
- Box 1, Folder 109King, John A. to George E. Baker, Nov. 20, 1855
- Box 1, Folder 110King, Preston to George E. Baker, Mar. 29, 1858
- Box 1, Folder 111Kirkland, Mrs. to Abby Hopper Gibbons
- Box 1, Folder 112Knox, Henry to Henry Jackson, Dec. 26, 1786
- Box 2, Folder 1Lawrence, Abbott (signature)
- Box 2, Folder 2Lee, Robert E. to John Willis Ellis, May 15, 1861
- Box 2, Folder 3Legare, Hugh S., May 14, 1843
- Box 2, Folder 4Lewis, Morgan, document, Feb. 19, 1788
- Box 2, Folder 5Lieber, Francis, Nov. 7, 1856
- Box 2, Folder 6Lincoln, Abraham (with William H. Seward signature)
- Box 2, Folder 6Lincoln, Abraham to William H. Seward, May 15, 1861
- Box 2, Folder 6Lincoln, Abraham to William H. Seward, July 19, 1861
- Box 2, Folder 6Lincoln, Abraham, Apr. 2, 1862
- Box 2, Folder 7Livingston, Edward
- Box 2, Folder 7Livingston, Edward, Brockholst Livingston, Walter Livingston and Alexander Hamilton,
1788
- Box 2, Folder 7Livingston, Edward to James Caldwell, Mar. 23, 1794 (with signatures Robert R. Livingston,
Peter R. Livingston, Edward Livingston, Brockholst Livingston, Gilbert Livingston,
and Maturin Livingston)
- Box 2, Folder 8Livingston, Henry Brockholst, Nov 16, 1789
- Box 2, Folder 9Livingston, Philip Henry to Peter Bailey Tearse, Mar. 9, 1793
- Box 2, Folder 10Livingston, Robert R., Sept. 30, 1801
- Box 2, Folder 10Livingston, Robert R., 1801
- Box 2, Folder 11Livingston, William, Dec. 21, 1782
- Box 2, Folder 12Lovelace, John, Apr. 12, 1709
- Box 2, Folder 13Lyons, Richard Bickerton Pemell to William H. Seward, July 12, 1861
- Box 2, Folder 14Mackay, Charles to J.C. Mclure, Mar. 3, 1858
- Box 2, Folder 15Mallory, Stephen Russell to Charles Magill Conrad, Aug. 30, 1861
- Box 2, Folder 16Mann, Horace to George E. Baker, Jan. 20, 1851
- Box 2, Folder 17Marcy, William L., Mar. 27, 1833
- Box 2, Folder 18McCartee, Divie Bethune transcription of Chinese document, Aug. 9, 1861
- Box 2, Folder 19Mifflin, Thomas, May 25, 1798
- Box 2, Folder 20Miner, Myrtilla to Thomas Williamson, May 9, 1859
- Box 2, Folder 21Mitchell, Samuel L., May 6, 1799
- Box 2, Folder 22Monroe, James (signature)
- Box 2, Folder 22Monroe, James, Feb. 14, 1804
- Box 2, Folder 23Montgomerie, John, May 7, 1728
- Box 2, Folder 24Mott, Lydia to George E. Baker, Mar. 26, 1862
- Box 2, Folder 25Palfrey, Mary A. to George E. Baker, Aug. 9, 1832
- Box 2, Folder 26Palfrey, John G. (signature), circa 1846
- Box 2, Folder 27Parker, Theodore to George E. Baker, June 19, 1855
- Box 2, Folder 28Peary, Robert to Grant Barney Schley, Jan. 11, 1903
- Box 2, Folder 29Pfeiffer, Ida (signature)
- Box 2, Folder 30Phillips, Wendell to Miss Mott, Jan. 1, 1854
- Box 3, Folder 3Pickering, John, petition of the Council President
- Box 3, Folder 4Pinckney, Charles Cotesworth document, July 1, 1783
- Box 3, Folder 5Pinckney, Charles Cotesworth to the members of the United States Senate, Dec. 11,
1806
- Box 2, Folder 31Pierpont, John, Apr. 5, 1847
- Box 2, Folder 32Potter, Carroll H. (signature), Dec. 1, 1863
- Box 2, Folder 33Prescott, William H. (signature), Dec 6, 1856
- Box 2, Folder 34Quincy, Edmund to George E. Baker, Jan. 7, 1859
- Box 2, Folder 35Quincy, Josiah to Edmund Quincy, Sept 16, 1852
- Box 2, Folder 36Randall, Samuel Jackson (signature), Feb. 17, 1877
- Box 2, Folder 37Randolph, George W. to John Letcher, May 26, 1861
- Box 2, Folder 38Randolph, John, June 21, 1799
- Box 2, Folder 39Rantoul Jr., Robert, Apr. 13, 1852
- Box 2, Folder 40Raymond, Henry Jarvis to George E. Baker, Aug. 4, 1855
- Box 2, Folder 41van Rensselaer, Jeremiah, Jan. 10, 1783
- Box 2, Folder 41van Rensselaer, Jeremiah (signature), Mar., 15, 1797
- Box 2, Folder 41van Rensselaer, Jeremiah (signature), [1803]
- Box 2, Folder 42van Rensselaer, Solomon to Erastus Root, Feb. 9, 1819
- Box 2, Folder 43Ritchie, Thomas, Jan. 19, 1831
- Box 2, Folder 44Roesler, Johann to William Henry Seward, June 1, 1855
- Box 2, Folder 45Root, Erastus, (signature)
- Box 2, Folder 46de Rottenbourg, Baron, Nov. 4, 1789
- Box 2, Folder 47Royall, Anne to Jefferson Davis, [July 1863]
- Box 2, Folder 48Rush, Richard to Jedediah Huntington, Sept. 2, 1812
- Box 2, Folder 49Schuyler, Mynder, Mar. 25, 1752
- Box 2, Folder 50Schuyler, Philip, Apr. 4, 1783
- Box 2, Folder 51Scott, Winfield to William Southerland Hamilton, Dec. 18, 1838
- Box 2, Folder 52Seddon, James A. to Jefferson Davis, Aug. 10, 1864
- Box 2, Folder 53Sedgwick, Catherine Maria, to Mr. Gibbons, Oct. 8, 1855
- Box 2, Folder 53Sedgwick, Catherine Maria, Sept. 6, 1848
- Box 2, Folder 53Sedgwick, Catherine Maria, to Mr. Gibbons, May 1853
- Box 2, Folder 54Seward, Frederick W.
- Box 2, Folder 54Seward, Frederick W. to Mr. Sanderson, Apr. 30, 1861
- Box 2, Folder 55Seward, William Henry to Frederick W. Seward
- Box 2, Folder 55Seward, William Henry, Jan. 8, 1826
- Box 2, Folder 55Seward, William Henry to David B. Ogden, June 20, 1840
- Box 2, Folder 55Seward, William Henry to George E. Baker, Mar. 12, 1855
- Box 2, Folder 55Seward, William Henry to George E. Baker, Mar. 22, 1855
- Box 2, Folder 55Seward, William H. to George E. Baker, Oct. 1, 1855
- Box 2, Folder 55Seward, William Henry to George E. Baker, Oct. 1, 1855
- Box 2, Folder 55Seward, William Henry to George E. Baker, Apr. 9, 1860
- Box 2, Folder 55Seward, William Henry to Winfield Scott, Mar. 1861
- Box 2, Folder 55Seward, William Henry to Lt. Gen. Scott, Apr. 10, 1861
- Box 2, Folder 55Seward, William Henry, Apr. 22, 1861
- Box 2, Folder 55Seward, William Henry, Dec. 1865
- Box 2, Folder 55Seward, William Henry to George E. Baker, Apr. 25, 1869
- Box 2, Folder 56Seymour, Horatio, Jan. 1855
- Box 2, Folder 57Sherman, William Tecumseh to H.S. Allen, Apr. 11, 1886
- Box 2, Folder 58Sloughter, Henry, May 8, 1691
- Box 2, Folder 59Smith, Gerrit to George E. Baker, Mar. 7, 1854
- Box 2, Folder 59Smith, Gerrit to George E. Baker, Mar. 7, 1859
- Box 2, Folder 59Smith, Gerrit to George E. Baker, July 7, 1860
- Box 2, Folder 59Smith, Gerrit to George E. Baker, Feb. 1, 1861
- Box 2, Folder 60Southard, Samuel L., Mar. 30, 1824
- Box 2, Folder 61Spencer, John C. (signature)
- Box 2, Folder 62Stowe, Harriet Beecher to J.C. Derby, Apr 16, 1884
- Box 2, Folder 63Sumner, Charles to George E. Baker, Jan. 12, 1854
- Box 2, Folder 63Sumner, Charles to George E. Baker, Nov. 4, 1855
- Box 2, Folder 63Sumner, Charles to George E. Baker, June 7, 1860
- Box 2, Folder 64Talmadge, Jr., James, Sept., 14, 1810
- Box 2, Folder 65Taylor, Zachary (signature), Sept. 12, 1849
- Box 2, Folder 65Taylor, Zachary, July 6, 1849
- Box 2, Folder 66Throop, Enos T., document signed, Nov. 18, 1832
- Box 2, Folder 67Tompkins, Daniel D., document, May 30, 1806
- Box 2, Folder 67Tompkins, Daniel D., Nov. 3, 1812
- Box 2, Folder 67Tompkins, Daniel D., Sept. 6, 1814
- Box 2, Folder 67Tompkins, Daniel D., Oct. [24], 1816
- Box 2, Folder 68Tyler, William Seymour, Aug. 25, 1842 (also Abel P. Upshur, Nov. 29, 1843)
- Box 2, Folder 69Vance, Robert B. to Elliott Danforth, Jan. 19, 1893
- Box 2, Folder 70van Vechten, Abraham, Mar. 11, 1807
- Box 2, Folder 71Varick, Richard to James M. Hughes, Feb 4, 1785
- Box 2, Folder 72Walker, James to Abby Hopper Gibbons, June 11, 1860
- Box 2, Folder 73Washburn, Jr., Israel to George E. Baker, June 27, 1856
- Box 2, Folder 74Washington, Booker T., (signature)
- Box 2, Folder 75Washington, George (signature), [1757]
- Box 2, Folder 75Washington, George (2 handwriting examples)
- Box 2, Folder 76Watts, John, (document), Dec. 14, 1686
- Box 2, Folder 77Webster, Daniel to Ogden Hoffman, May 22, 1841
- Box 2, Folder 77Webster, Daniel to Daniel Fletcher Webster, June 3, 1842
- Box 2, Folder 77Webster, Daniel, April 1843
- Box 2, Folder 77Webster, Daniel to Edward Stubbs, Jan. 23, 1844
- Box 2, Folder 77Webster, Daniel, (document), Apr. 3, 1852 (with separate signature)
- Box 2, Folder 78Weed, Thurlow, Jan. 19, [1853]
- Box 2, Folder 79Whittier, John Greenleaf, to George E. Baker, Nov. 11, 1865
- Box 2, Folder 79Whittier, John Greenleaf, to H.S. Allen, May 22, 1883
- Box 2, Folder 80Winthrop, Robert C. to [G.I.] Abbott, Mar. 7, 1864
- Box 2, Folder 81Wirt, William, June 27, 1829 (with unidentified signature)
- Box 2, Folder 82Wright, James, (document), Apr. 30, 1691
- Box 2, Folder 83Wright, Silas to Ulysses F. Doubleday, Sept 20, 1843
- Box 2, Folder 83Wright, Silas, (document), Sept. 19, 1845
- Box 2, Folder 83Wright, Silas to Obed Edson, Dec. 20, 1846
- Box 2, Folder 84Young, John (document), Nov. 25, 1848
- Box 2, Folder 85Small autographs and carte-de-visite of New York Governor Edwin Denison Morgan
- Box 2, Folder 86Unidentified pre 1800
- Box 2, Folder 87Unidentified post 1800
- Box 2, Folder 88Unidentified autographs
- Box 2, Folder 89Printed ephemera
Authors, American--Autographs.
Autographs--Collections.
Statesmen--Great Britain--Autographs.
Statesmen--United States--Autographs.
Autographs.
Letters.
Baker, George Ellis--Collector.
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