. Life and character of William Taylor Baker, president of the World's Columbian exposition and of the Chicago Board of trade. 1860—Aged 19. 1868—Aged 27. 1878—Aged 37. 1893—Aged 52. William Taylor Baker. W Chapter III CAREER IN CHICAGO 1861-1903 ILLIAM T. BAKER, bookkeeper, Hinck-ley & Handy, 24 Washington/ The above is what one will read in thecity directory of Chicago for the year 1862, and thattells the story of his beginning there and for a whileat least. When he landed at the depot in Chicago it wasnight and he had with him his full stock in trade, viz.,his grip, $ and himself, toget
. Life and character of William Taylor Baker, president of the World's Columbian exposition and of the Chicago Board of trade. 1860—Aged 19. 1868—Aged 27. 1878—Aged 37. 1893—Aged 52. William Taylor Baker. W Chapter III CAREER IN CHICAGO 1861-1903 ILLIAM T. BAKER, bookkeeper, Hinck-ley & Handy, 24 Washington/ The above is what one will read in thecity directory of Chicago for the year 1862, and thattells the story of his beginning there and for a whileat least. When he landed at the depot in Chicago it wasnight and he had with him his full stock in trade, viz.,his grip, $ and himself, together with the inspira-tion he had read of George Washington having for hisguide, I hope I shall always possess firmness enoughto maintain what I consider the most enviable of alltitles, the character of an Honest Man/ He was astranger and was tired out and had never been inso big a place before, so he felt justified in hiring ahack to go to a hotel which some one on the trainhad recommended to him as being reasonable anddecent. The hackman knew where it was all rightand drove him a long way around several squares inthe city and finally put h
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