Newton D. Baker Autographs, Memorabilia & Collectibles

NEWTON D. BAKER

Born: December 3, 1871 in Martinsburg, West Virginia
Died: December 25, 1937 in Shaker Heights, Ohio

Biography

Baker (1871-1937) was Mayor of Cleveland, Ohio (1912-1915) before serving as President Woodrow Wilson's Secretary of War from 1916 to1921. It was Baker who, on June 27, 1918, pulled numbers out of a fishbowl, drafting men ages 21 to 31 into the military for World War I.

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-1916-Animated-Weekly,-No.-20 (in person), -1956-Project-XX (Other), -1919-The-Girl-Who-Stayed-at-Home (in person), -1916-Animated-Weekly,-No.-11 (in person), -1916-Hearst-Vitagraph-News-Pictorial,-No.-20 (in person), -1916-Animated-Weekly,-No.-31 (in person), -1918-America-Goes-Over (Other)

NEWTON D. BAKER - AUTOGRAPH NOTE SIGNED 12/05/1930 - HFSID 344462

NEWTON D. BAKER The Mayor and Secretary of War to Woodrow Wilson signs this note thanking a friend for his kind message Autograph note signed: "Newton D Baker" in black ink. 5¾x3¾. December 5, 1930. Written on letterhead of Baker, Hostetler & Sidlo. In full: "Thank you, my dear Mr.

Sale Price $252.00

$280.00
NEWTON D. BAKER - AUTOGRAPH SENTIMENT SIGNED - HFSID 169435

NEWTON DIEHL BAKER Index card signed "Cordially yours" by Newton Diehl Baker, mounted to an album leaf Autograph sentiment signed "Cordially yours,/Newton D. Baker". 4 ¾ x 3 card mounted to 8x5½ album leaf. Black ink notations on card in unknown hand.

Sale Price $180.00

$200.00
NEWTON D. BAKER - CALLING CARD SIGNED - HFSID 320781

NEWTON D. BAKER Signed calling card of Woodrow Wilson's Secretary of War Calling Card signed: "Newton D. Baker", 3¼x2. Printed text: "Newton D. Baker/Union Trust Building/Cleveland". Newton Diehl Baker

Sale Price $180.00

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NEWTON D. BAKER - MILITARY APPOINTMENT SIGNED 08/05/1920 CO-SIGNED BY: MAJOR GENERAL PETER CHARLES HARRIS - HFSID 310408

As Secretary of War and US Army Adjutant General, they sign the appointment of a Colonel in the Quartermaster Corps. The space for a Presidential signature is blank. President Wilson was barely functioning following his stroke of October 1919, his condition concealed from the public, and even from the Vice President and Cabinet.

Sale Price $324.00

$360.00
NEWTON D. BAKER - PRINTED CARD SIGNED IN INK - HFSID 320314

NEWTON D. BAKER Signing as Secretary of War, on a War Department card Printed Card signed in ink: "Newton D. Baker", 5x3 card. Printed caption in upper right: "War Department". Card also bears a typed caption.

Sale Price $180.00

$200.00
NEWTON D. BAKER - PRINTED CARD SIGNED IN INK - HFSID 87030

NEWTON DIEHLBAKER Printed U. S. War Department card signed by Secretary of War Newton Diehl Baker in black ink Printed card signed "Newton D. Baker" as Wilson's Secretary of War in black ink. 5x3 card. Imprinted at upper right: "War Department".

Sale Price $180.00

$200.00
NEWTON D. BAKER - TYPED LETTER SIGNED 03/16/1932 - HFSID 297054

NEWTON D. BAKER The former Secretary of War gracefully declines an invitation. Typed Letter signed: "Newton D. Baker", 1 page, 8½x11. Cleveland, Illinois, 1932 March 16. On letterhead of Baker, Hostetler, Sidlo & Patterson [his law firm] to Walter F.

Sale Price $324.00

$360.00
NEWTON D. BAKER - TYPED LETTER SIGNED 04/24/1916 - HFSID 291667

NEWTON D. BAKER The Secretary of War greets a church minister who has moved to Washington, D.C. Typed Letter signed: "Newton D. Baker" as Secretary of War", 1 page, 5½x9. Washington, D.C., 1916 April 24. To Rev. Paul R. Hickok, Metropolitan Presbyterian Church, Washington, D.C.

Sale Price $324.00

$360.00
NEWTON D. BAKER - TYPED LETTER SIGNED 06/12/1931 - HFSID 26431

Newton Diehl Baker signed this letter on the letterhead of Baker, Hostetler, Sidlo & Patterson in 1931, saying that a reassessment of Woodrow Wilson's administration by Mark Sullivan was "deeply gratifying" and that he would not seek the presidency.

Sale Price $414.00

$460.00
NEWTON D. BAKER - TYPED LETTER SIGNED 06/30/1932 - HFSID 3613

Former Secretary of War Newton Diehl Baker signed this typed letter to the wife of Samuel Gompers, founder of the American Federation of Labor, in 1924, saying in part "it is difficult for me to select out any particular incident, or incidents, for inclusion in the intimate appreciation of him which you are preparing."

Sale Price $414.00

$460.00
NEWTON D. BAKER - TYPED LETTER SIGNED 10/12/1912 - HFSID 321190

NEWTON D. BAKER As Mayor of Cleveland, he explains that he has been making many campaign appearances for Woodrow Wilson, and cannot take on an additional one in Pittsburgh. Typed Letter signed: "Newton D. Baker" as Mayor, 1 page, 8½x11. Cleveland, 1912 October 12.

Sale Price $378.00

$420.00
NEWTON D. BAKER - TYPED LETTER SIGNED 11/06/1918 - HFSID 315179

NEWTON D. BAKER Writing as Secretary of War, 5 days before the end of World War I, he thanks a soldier's father for a box of cigars, but doubts that any can be mailed to the generals in France. Typed Letter signed: "Newton D. Baker" as Secretary of War, 1 page, 8x10½.

Sale Price $378.00

$420.00
NEWTON D. BAKER - TYPED LETTER SIGNED 11/16/1934 - HFSID 299830

NEWTON D. BAKER Typed Letter accompanying his returned questionnaire about President Wilson's Cabinet. Typed Letter signed: "Newton D. Baker", 1 page, 8½x11. Cleveland, Ohio, 1934 November 16. On letterhead of Baker, Hostetler, Sidlo & Patterson [law firm] to Lewis Schwartz, Bronx, New York.

Sale Price $324.00

$360.00
PRESIDENT WOODROW WILSON - MILITARY APPOINTMENT SIGNED 08/04/1916 CO-SIGNED BY: NEWTON D. BAKER - HFSID 16861

WOODROW WILSON and NEWTON D. BAKER. Partly Printed DS: "Woodrow Wilson" as President and "Newton D. Baker" as Secretary of War, 1p, 14½x18. Washington, 1916 August 4. Appointment of Daniel H. Torrey as First Lieutenant of Infantry.

Sale Price $1,020.00

$1,200.00