Summary Information

Title: Henry S. Baird and James Sherman Baker Papers
Inclusive Dates: 1845-1918

Creators:

• Baird, Henry S. (Henry Samuel), 1800-1875
• Baker, James Sherman, 1815-1892

Call Number: Green Bay Micro 55; Micro 522

Quantity: 17 reels of microfilm (35mm)

Repository:

Housed at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay Archives and Area Research Center; owned by the Wisconsin Historical Society, Division of Library, Archives, and Museum Collections

Archival Locations:

COLLECTION MAY BE STORED OFF-SITE: see catalog entry to request materials and for additional information.

UW-Green Bay Cofrin Library / Green Bay Area Research Ctr. (Map)

Wisconsin Historical Society (Map)

Abstract:

Records of Henry S. Baird and his son-in-law, James Sherman Baker, lawyers and land and insurance agents in Green Bay, Wisconsin, who also served as agents for the John Jacob Astor family property in Brown County, Wisconsin, 1862-1892. Includes correspondence, 1850-1892, primarily regarding land transactions. Prominent correspondents include Talbot C. Dousman, Rufus B. Kellogg, and Increase A. Lapham. Also includes tax receipts, financial reports on the Kellogg National Bank, deeds, mortgages, cancelled checks, bills and receipts of the Baird and Baker families, 1857-1895, and Baird's account book, 1856-1874.

Language: English

URL to cite for this finding aid: http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.uw-whs-micr0522

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