Laurence F. Baker person
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Laurence F. Baker worked_for
William H. Seward documented
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“Baker had a variety of other tasks to occupy him as Seward's intelligence chief.…”
source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book VI: Supplementary Reports on Intelligence Activities · p.42
Laurence F. Baker moved_to
Canada documented
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“He traveled to Canada to see for himself what the South was doing to build a fire in the rear of the Union…”
source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book VI: Supplementary Reports on Intelligence Activities · p.42
Laurence F. Baker operated_in
New York City documented
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“he acquired a firsthand knowledge of Secesh supporting newspapers in sedition-ridden New York…”
source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book VI: Supplementary Reports on Intelligence Activities · p.42
Laurence F. Baker operated_in
New Jersey documented
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“he acquired a firsthand knowledge of Secesh supporting newspapers in sedition-ridden New York New Jersey and the seething West…”
source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book VI: Supplementary Reports on Intelligence Activities · p.42
Laurence F. Baker married
Jennie Baker documented
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“Only on rare occasions when official duty took him there did he see his wife Jennie…”
source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book VI: Supplementary Reports on Intelligence Activities · p.42
Laurence F. Baker worked_for
War Department documented
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“Baker was recommended to the War Department and its new Secretary Edwin M Stanton.…”
source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book VI: Supplementary Reports on Intelligence Activities · p.42
Edwin M. Stanton funded
Laurence F. Baker documented
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“Baker's detective service was to be the terror of the North as well as the South secretly funded and accountable exclusively and directly to the Secretary of War.…”
source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book VI: Supplementary Reports on Intelligence Activities · p.42
Laurence F. Baker worked_for
Edwin M. Stanton documented
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“Baker's detective service was to be the terror of the North as well as the South secretly funded and accountable exclusively and directly to the Secretary of War.…”
source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book VI: Supplementary Reports on Intelligence Activities · p.42
Laurence F. Baker worked_for
Abraham Lincoln documented
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“For three years Baker gathered intelligence on the enemies of the Union reporting his findings to Stanton and Lincoln…”
source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book VI: Supplementary Reports on Intelligence Activities · p.42
Laurence F. Baker operated_in
Old Capitol Prison documented
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“he served as jailer of those he captured... in his capacity as a Federal policeman and as the custodian of the Old Capitol Prison…”
source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book VI: Supplementary Reports on Intelligence Activities · p.43
Laurence F. Baker operated_in
Carroll Prison documented
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“he served as jailer of those he captured... in his capacity as a Federal policeman and as the custodian of the Old Capitol Prison and its nefarious annex the Carroll Prison…”
source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book VI: Supplementary Reports on Intelligence Activities · p.43