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Captain James A. Baker of Houston, 1857-1941
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| #1820627 in Books | Texas AnM University Press | 2012-09-01 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 | 9.40 x1.50 x6.20l,2.10 | File type: PDF | 480 pages | ||4 of 4 people found the following review helpful.| Interesting Houston History|By Dan B. Gerson|It is a well written and carefully researched book about not only the history of one family and one institution, Rice University, but of Houston and Texas as well. I found it to be a very interesting read, even realizing that my office in a historical building in downtown Houston, once was home to Captain Baker and his law firm.|0 o||
"This deeply researched, richly detailed work is absolutely essential reading for anyone interested in the history of Rice University and the five critical decades of Houston's history following 1890. Written with clarity and verve, it demonstrates James
Captain James A. Baker, Houston lawyer, banker, and businessman, received an alarming telegram on September 23, 1900: his elderly millionaire client William Marsh Rice had died unexpectedly in New York City. Baker rushed to New York, where he unraveled a plot to murder Rice and plunder his estate. Working tirelessly with local authorities, Baker saved Rice’s fortune from more than one hundred claimants; he championed the wishes of his deceased client and fo...
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