"The Desmond Hundred " (1882) : and " Nantucket Scraps " (1883). Mrs. Austin has in press " The Sword of Miles Standish."
BAIRD, Henry Samuel, lawyer, b. in Dublin,
Ireland, 16 May, 1800 ; d. in Green Bay, Wis., 28
April, 1875. His father, Thomas Baird, one of the
United Irishmen, was imprisoned for a year in Kil-
mainham jail, Dublin, and on his release in 1802
came to the United States, whence in 1805 he was
followed by his family. Henry studied law at
Pittsburg, Pa., and Cleveland, Ohio, and in 1822
settled in Mackinaw, Mich., where he opened a
school. In the spring of 1823 a new court was es-
tablished by act of congress, and he was admitted
to practice. In September, 1824, he removed to
Green Bay. In 1832 he served as quartermaster-
general in the Black Hawk war, in 1836 was
elected a member and chosen president of the first
legislative council of the territory of Wisconsin,
and the same year was appointed the first attor-
ney-general of the territory, and subsequently in
that year was secretary of Gov. Henry Dodge,
U. S. commissioner to negotiate the treaty with
the Menomenee Indians at Cedar Rapids, when
about 4,000,000 acres were ceded to the U. S. gov-
ernment. In 1846 he was a member of the Con-
stitutional convention, and was chairman of the
committee on the organization and officers of coun-
ties and towns, and their powers and duties. He
was the last Whig candidate for governor of Wis-
consin. For many years he was a vice-president
of the State historical society, and a contributor to
its published collections. In 1861-'2 he was mayor
of Green Bay. — His brother, Thomas James, b. in
Dublin, Ireland, 30 April, 1794; d. in Pottsville,
Pa.. 5 April, 1842 ; was graduated at West Point
in 1814, served in the war against Great Britain,
and resigned a captain of artillery in 1828. — The
son of the latter, Edward Carey, b, in Pottsville,
Pa., in April, 1836 ; d. near Ashland, Va., 14 Nov.,
1874, served in the civil war for nearly four years,
was assistant adjutant-general to Gen. John F.
Reynolds, in command of the left wing of the
Army of the Potomac; and on the first day of
the battle of Gettysburg, that general died in his
arms. Baird was promoted to the rank of major
for gallant conduct.
BAKER, Peter Carpenter, publisher, b. in
North Hempstead, N. Y., 25 March, 1822. Four
of his ancestors were in the Revolutionary army.
He was educated at Harlem academy, entered a
book-store in New York, learned the printer's
trade, and in 1850, with Daniel Godwin, estab-
lished the firm of Baker and Godwin, which made
a specialty of printing law-books and became
widely known for fine work. In 1865 Mr. Baker
established the law-publishing firm of Baker,
Voorhis and Co., which is still in existence and has
a large catalogue. Mr. Baker was one of the
founders of the Metropolitan literary association,
edited the " Steam Press," a patriotic periodical,
during the civil war (1861-'5), and originated the
plan for a statue of Benjamin Franklin in Print-
ing-house square, New York, which was given" by
Albert De Groot. He early became known as a
public speaker, delivering orations at Fort Inde-
pendence, N. Y., 4 July, 1848 ; at Trenton, N. J.,
4 July, 1849 ; and in the old Broadway tabernacle,
New York, on the anniversary of Bunker Hill,
1853. He has published addresses and mono-
graphs, including, besides the orations noted
above, " European Recollections " (New York,
1861) and " Franklin " (1865).
BAKER, Wendell, runner, b. in Brooklyn, N.
Y., 19 Oct., 1862. He is a son of Francis Baker, a
New York merchant, with whom he is now associ-
ated in business. He was graduated at Harvard in
1886. During his preparation for college and sub-
sequently until his graduation he distinguished
himself by winning twenty-one championships at
university and intercollegiate meetings. He placed
to his credit twelve best college records, and in his
senior year made the world's records on the 100,
220, and 440 yards dash. Of these the first two he
shares with numerous other amateurs, but on the
440 yards his time of 47f seconds is the best
record by either amateur or professional runners.
BAKER, William Spohn. antiquarian, b. in
Philadelphia, Pa., 17 April, 1824. He became a
conveyancer, but retired on account of his health,
and turned his attention to art and literary pur-
suits. Mr. Baker possesses a collection of en-
graved portraits of George Washington which is
the most complete that is known, and his num-
ber of medals of Washington is second only to
that of William S. Appleton, of Boston, while his
collection of biographies of Washington is the
most noted in existence. He is a member of the
American philosophical society, one of the council
of the Pennsylvania historical society, and since
1885 has been vice-president of the Pennsylvania
academy of fine arts. He is the author of " Origin
and Antiquity of Engraving" (Philadelphia, 1872;
2d ed., illustrated, Boston, 1875) ; " American En-
gravers and their Works " (Philadelphia, 1875) ;
"' William Sharp, Engraver, and his Works " (1875) ;
" Engraved Portraits of Washington " (1880) ; " Me-
dallic Portraits of Washington " (1884) ; and " Char-
acter Portraits of Washington" (1887) ; and he is pre-
paring for the press (1889) "A List of Biographies
and Biographical Sketches of George Washington."
BALDWIN, Maurice Scollard, Canadian An-
glican bishop, b. in Toronto, Canada, 21 June,
1836. He was graduated at Trinity college, To-
ronto, in 1859, ordained deacon in April, 1860, and
became a presbyter in July, 1861. He was incum-
bent of Port Dover, Ont., in 1862-5, and in 1870
was appointed curate of Christ church cathedral,
Montreal. He became canon of the cathedral in
the following year, and in 1872 was elected rector
of the parish. In 1882 he was appointed dean of
Montreal, and on 17 Oct., 1883, was elected bishop
of Huron, to which office he was consecrated on
30 Nov. of the same year. He received the degree
of D. D. from Trinity college, Toronto, in 1882.
Bishop Baldwin is the author of " A Break in the
Ocean Cable " (Montreal, 1877), " Life in a Look "
(1879), and a volume of " Sermons."
BARBOUR, John Strode, senator, b. in Cul-
peper county, Va., 29 Dec, 1820. He was edu-
cated at the University of Virginia, adopted the
profession of law, served several terms in the legis-
lature, and was active in state politics. He was
elected to congress as a Democrat in 1880, and
served three terms. In 1883 he became chairman
of the Democratic organization in Virginia, suc-
ceeded in preventing the re-election of Gen. Will-
iam Mahone, and secured the defeat of the Re-
adjuster party. He continued chairman of the
Virginia Democratic committee in 1884-'8, and
was active in the canvass for the election of Gro-
ver Cleveland to the presidency. In 1888 he was
chosen U. S. senator as a Democrat. He has been
active in railroad matters, and is president of the
Virginia midland railroad company.
BARNES, Alfred Smith, publisher, b. in New Haven. Conn., 28 Jan., 1817 ; d. in Brooklvn, N. Y., 17 Feb., 1888. He entered the book-publishing
