Baker, Lewis, 1832-1899.
United States Minister to Nicaragua, Costa Rica and Salvador.
From the guide to the Lewis Baker letter, 1894, (The New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division.)
Lewis Baker was the Democratic President of the West Virginia Senate from Ohio County and served from 1871 to 1872. On February 1, 1885 he purchased the St. Paul Globe and moved his family to Minnesota. In 1893 he was appointed as the United States Minister to Nicaragua, Costa Rica and El Salvador. He sailed from New York aboard the ship Costa Rica on April 29, 1893 with his daughters Anne and Virginia. They arrived in Managua, Nicaragua on May 12, 1893 in the midst of a revolution. Baker died in 1899 and was buried with his wife in Greenwood Cemetery in Wheeling, West Virginia.
From the description of Lewis Baker papers, circa 1877-1896. (University of California, Berkeley). WorldCat record id: 727806631
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| creatorOf | Baker, Lewis, 1832-1899. Lewis Baker papers, circa 1877-1896. | UC Berkeley Libraries | |
| creatorOf | Lewis Baker letter, 1894 | New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division |
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| correspondedWith | Democratic Party (Minn.). State Central Committee | corporateBody |
| correspondedWith | Mathews, Henry M. (Henry Mason), 1834-1884 | person |
| associatedWith | Nicaragua. Ministerio de Hacienda y Crédito Público. | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Nicaragua. President (1893-1909 : Zalaya), | corporateBody |
| correspondedWith | Nicaragua. President (1893-1909 : Zelaya) | corporateBody |
| correspondedWith | United States. Postmaster General | corporateBody |
| correspondedWith | Vilas, William F. (William Freeman), 1840-1908 | person |
| associatedWith | Zayala, José Santos, 1853-1919, | person |
| correspondedWith | Zeyala, José Santos, 1853-1919 | person |
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| Costa Rica | |||
| El Salvador | |||
| United States | |||
| Managua (Nicaragua) | |||
| Panama, Isthmus of (Panama) |
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Person
Birth 1832
Death 1899
Spanish; Castilian,
English
