Manuscripts

Series 3: Family material and ephemera (1700-1933)

Description: The material in this series is arranged in alphabetical and chronological order based on material type. This material includes financial and legal documents, genealogical material for the Baker, Ferry, Stuart, and White families, photographs and ephemera. The ephemera includes envelopes, printed material, newspaper clippings and early New Jersey newspapers from 1821 and 1825.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Production date: 1700-1933.
Call number: mssBakerL
Creator: Baker, Looe(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Purchased from William Reese Company by the Library Collector's Council, January 19, 2008.

Family material : Genealogy, Photographs and Ephemera (1700 - 1933)

Manuscripts

An archive of the Baker family of New Jersey; consisting of family letters, manuscripts, legal documents, genealogical material, photographs, a letter book, two volumes, and ephemera. The correspondence falls predominately into two sections. The first section includes the letters between Looe and Eliza Wardell Baker, beginning with their friendship in 1799, through their courtship and after their 1805 marriage when Looe was absent from home on long business trips. Their loving correspondence covers family and domestic concerns, the cotton industry, and current events. The letters describe life in Natchez, local and national politics, the New Madrid earthquakes, and the War of 1812. The second section, and the bulk of the correspondence, concern William Chapman Baker; these letters include those dealing with his business interests, his many children, siblings, cousins and other extended family members, and his genealogical research both in the United States and England. The manuscripts include memoirs and diaries, poems, political and personal essays, a commonplace book and Eliza Wardell Baker's "Jersey Girl" columns. A large amount of the early letters and manuscripts have some damage, with loss of text, but otherwise the material is in excellent condition.

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Genealogy : Ferry and White Families : Autograph Notes

Manuscripts

( 16 p.). Cataloger's Note: original envelope stated: "Ferry & While Families (knew Robert Stuart)"

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Family material : Financial, Legal, Genealogy (1805 - 1901)

Manuscripts

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Series 2: Volumes, (1848-1924)

Manuscripts

The three volumes are arranged chronologically and alphabetically by author. There are three volumes in this series are family related and include the very rare volume of Looe and Eliza Baker's letters compiled by Kate Stuart Lowry using the letters and other material in this collection. The three volumes are somewhat fragile, with damaged spines.

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Series 1: Correspondence and manuscripts, (1799-1901)

Manuscripts

The correspondence and manuscripts in this series are arranged chronologically. The series includes letters between Looe and Eliza Baker (1799-1821), extended family members, and the correspondence of William Chapman Baker (1847-1901), which include family letters, and those concerning business matters and genealogical research.

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Ephemera : Newspaper Clippings

Manuscripts

(13 pieces). Includes obituaries for Frances Baker, Kate Stuart Baker, Looe Baker, William Chapman Baker and Dr. T. Burwell.

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Series 3: Family material and ephemera (1700-1933)

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