Nathaniel Baker monument collection, 1944-1945.

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Nathaniel Baker monument collection, 1944-1945.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/72839400

This collection includes newspaper clippings related to the erection of a monument to Baker in Woodland Cemetery on May 27, 1945 as well as photostatic copies of a deed to lots in the cemetery and some correspondence (1944-1945).

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State Historical Society of Iowa, Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 8098019

State Historical Society of Iowa, Library

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Woodland Cemetery (Des Moines, Iowa)

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Baker, Nathaniel B. (Nathaniel Bradley), 1818-1876

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One time governor of New Hampshire who came to Clinton, Iowa in 1856. In 1861 Governor Kirkwood appointed him adjutant-general of Iowa to coordinate Iowa's response to the Civil War. General Baker was buried with military honors in Des Moines's Woodland Cemetery. From the description of Nathaniel Baker monument collection, 1944-1945. (State Historical Society of Iowa, Library). WorldCat record id: 72839400 From the description of Nathaniel Bradley Baker correspondence, 1861-...