urn:taro:apts.00009 Daniel Baker letters, 1854 Encoded in EditX 2010 by Kristy Sorensen, May 19, 2011. Descriptive Summary Baker, Daniel, 1791-1857 Daniel Baker letters 1854 Materials are in English. 1996-030 2 items Austin Seminary Archives, Stitt Library, Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary. This collection consists of two handwritten letters from Daniel Baker to John Story regarding Austin College, written in 1854. Biographical note

Daniel Baker (1791-1857) was born in Georgia and served congregations in Virginia, Washington D. C., Georgia, Kentucky, Alabama and Mississippi before permanently returning to Galveston, Texas in 1848 (after a brief stay in 1840). Baker was a founding member of Austin College (1849), served as a general agent for collecting funds for the college, and was president from 1853-1857. Daniel Baker College in Brownwood was posthumously named in his honor.

Source: Handbook of Texas Online, s.v. "Daniel Baker," http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/BB/fba25.html (accessed March 31, 2008).

Scope and Content Note

Two handwritten letters from Daniel Baker to John Story regarding Austin College, written in 1854.

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Daniel Baker letters, 1854, Austin Seminary Archives, Stitt Library, Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary

Index Terms Personal Names Baker, Daniel, 1791-1857. Story, John. Organizations Austin College (Sherman, Tex.) Detailed Description of the Collection C074a To Col. John Story from Daniel Baker in Huntsville, ALS, 1 page, February 11, 1854 The letter asks Col. Story not to sell land previously offered for sale, and speaks of a Mr. [Andrew] Cunningham with the hope that he will endow Austin College C074a To Judge [John] Story from Daniel Baker in Talladega, ALS, 1 page, May 23, 1854 The letter is in regard to land donated to Austin College and its evaluation, together with the evaluation of other land already owned by the college.