Bibliography: Herringshaw, Thomas William. Herringshaw's Encyclopedia of
American Biography of the Nineteenth
Century, Chicago, IL:American Publishers' Association,
1902.
page 68
BAKER, CHARLES JOSEPH, merchant, manufacturer, was
born May 28, 1821, in Baltimore, Md. It was through his efforts
that the Union railroad and tunnel were constructed; and,
having bought control of The Baltimore Gazette, he was
enabled to advance reform movements. He died Sept. 23,
1894, in Baltimore, Md.
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