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Title: Life and character of William Taylor Baker, president of the World's Columbian exposition and of the Chicago Board of trade
Year: 1908 (1900s)
Authors: Baker, Charles H. (Charles Hinckley), b. 1864
Subjects: Baker, William Taylor, 1841-1903 Electric power-plants
Publisher: New York, The Premier press
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
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Annie Dunster 83 / The Original Bradford Academy, 1858 83 List of Illustrations—Continuedi Samuel Dunster Facing Page 100 , Eliza Annie (Dunster) Baker , Grandchildren of William Taylor Baker. ... , The Dunster Farmhouse near Attleboro,Mass. J Chicago Board of Trade, The Pit i Cartoon, Scenes at the Polls % Cartoon, Gov. Tanners Monte Carlo I Worlds Columbian Exposition * The Court of Honor Facing 4 Administration Building i Snoqualmie Falls, Height 270 Feet > Subterranean 19,000 H. P. Generating Plant. ^ Longitudinal Section, Snoqualmie Power Plant J Constructing Dam Above Snoqualmie Falls. J Diagram of Power Distribution % Seattle Substation and General Offices Facing J Tacoma Substation I Centennial Mill White River Power Plant J Cartoon, Charge of the Light Brigade 1 Cartoon, Grand Hypnotic Exhibition at City Hall.j Art Institute of Chicago Facing Glimpses of My Father at Exmoor v The Baker Lot in Graceland 100100106111132146 153 160175175192192193198198224224236253267273293
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Chapter I BOYHOOD LIFE IN WEST WINFIELD 1841-1855 NOTHING appears to be known of this par-ticular Baker family prior to my grandfather,who was William Baker, born in Bradford,England, about 1799. In that country, he was a bakerby trade as well as by name, and he had been a butchertoo. He came to this country in 1838 and drifted toWest Winfield, a small village of about one hundredand fifty people, in Herkimer County, New York.Here he made a pretence of earning a livelihood, bydoing chores about the village, acting as porter andhostler to the village inn, and working upon the neigh-borhood farms. He is remembered as a man who wasnot always sober, which fact to some extent at leastundermined his usefulness. Yet notwithstanding hisshortcomings, he was in some respects, a remarkablecharacter. He was a man of good address, and wellgroomed considering his circumstances. He was wellversed in the current topics of the day and was con-sidered an authority in the village upon political,scientif

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