Baker, William R., commission, 1860.
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Baker, William R., 1820-1890.
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Baker, who went to Texas from New York State in 1837, was elected county clerk of Harris County in 1841, was on the board of directors of the Houston and Texas Central Railroad in 1852, was mayor of Houston from 1880 to 1886, and was also involved in newspaper publishing and banking. From the description of Baker, William R., commission, 1860. (University of Texas Libraries). WorldCat record id: 22687558 ...
Knights of the Golden Circle
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Created in 1854 by George W. L. Bickley, a Virginia-born physician, the Knights of the Golden Circle (KGC) was a secret organization that sympathized with the southern states and sought to establish a slaveholding nation encompassing the southern United States and Central America in a “Golden Circle.” The group championed the preservation of slavery from the perceived threat of northern Abolitionism. By 1859, KGC membership spread through the southern states and Texas, where the gro...
