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Catalog Record: https://lccn.loc.gov/mm78011551
Collection material in English
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the LC Catalog. They are grouped by name of person or organization, by subject or location, and by occupation and listed alphabetically.
The papers of Samuel J. Baird, clergyman and author, were purchased by the Library of Congress from C. S. Hook in 1910.
The status of copyright in the unpublished writings of Samuel J. Baird is governed by the Copyright Law of the United States (Title 17, U.S.C.).
The papers of Samuel J. Baird are open to research. Researchers are advised to contact the Manuscript Reading Room prior to visiting. Many collections are stored off-site and advance notice is needed to retrieve these items for research use.
Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: Container number, Samuel J. Baird Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
The papers of Samuel John Baird (1817-1893) span the years 1834-1892 and consist of correspondence and miscellaneous material. Correspondence between Baird, fellow clergymen, and others relative to church affairs includes letters concerning Baird's efforts to minister to soldiers and to assist wounded soldiers and prisoners during the Civil War.
Correspondents in the collection include James W. Alexander, E. Thompson Baird, Thomas Dickson Baird, William Logan Baird, Henry A. Boardman, John Breckinridge, Robert J. Breckinridge, William C. Cattell, Jeremiah Chamberlain, John T. Duffield, Robert Smith Finley, P. D. Gurley, Mark Hopkins, George Howe, Edward P. Humphrey, Richard McIlwaine, John Miller, John W. Nevins, Theodore Sutton Parvin, William S. Plummer, Stacy G. Potts, Hugh Reid, Stuart Robinson, William Greenough Thayer Shedd, Henry Boynton Smith, William B. Sprague, William J. R. Taylor, T. D. Witherspoon, and James Wood.
This collection of correspondence is bound in volumes and arranged chronologically.
Catalog Record: https://lccn.loc.gov/mm78011551