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264 & Hawaiian Commission, and it fell to him on 6 December 1898 to introduce House Resolution 10990, to provide a government for Hawaii. Though he managed the bill in the House, Hitt was not, as SBA assumed, on the committee considering it. (BDAC; Congressional Record, 55th Cong., 3d sess., 27.) 2. New York Tribune, 7 January 1899. The article referred to an anxiety that “no provisions should be embodied in the Hawaiian act which might be cited and urged as precedents in future legislation concerning territorial acquisitions . . . as a result of the war with Spain.” 3. The Committee on Territories reported to the House of Representatives on 23 January 1899. (Congressional Record, 55th Cong., 3d sess., 953; 55th Cong., 3d sess., A Bill to provide a government for the Territory of Hawaii, 23 January 1899, H.R. 10990, amended.) ••••••••• 114 • From the Diary of SBA [7–13 January 1899] Sat. Jan. 7, 1899. In New York—and this one with Mattie & niece Guelma 1 —& Arthur Jr’s wife 2 —at nephew A. A. Moshers— Guelma left about 4 p.m. to go to Orange—Geo. A. Vails— 3 She sings in Cong. church there— Nephew Harry A. Baker did not get home to dinner— 4 Miss Powell—cousin S’s companion & house-keeper came for me—at 8 Oclock 1. Guelma Lawrence Baker (1875–1923),later Lyons,was Margaret Baker’s only daughter and a talented singer and actress making her career on the East Coast, mainly in light opera.Her voice was described as “a clear,true soprano voice.”She also toured with the great actress of tragedy Helena Modjeska. In 1910, she married Edwin Jacques Lyons, a theater director with whom she had worked. They returned to live in San Diego. (Baker Genealogical Ms., SBA Papers, MCR-S; Hearst’s Chicago Evening American, 10 March 1903; Johnson Briscoe, The Actors’ Birthday Book, 2d series [New York, 1908], 223; New York Times, 17 April 1910; Malcolm H. Stern, First American Jewish Families: 600 Genealogies, 1654–1988, 3d ed. [Baltimore, 1991], 182, on-line at American Jewish Archives; Certificate of Death, County of San Diego, California State Board of Health.) 2. Mattie Mosher and Guelma Baker were with Laura Bodine Mosher (1879– 1946), the wife of Arthur Byron Mosher (1876–?). Young Arthur, the eldest child of Mattie and Arthur A. Mosher, studied at Washington University in St. Louis, married the daughter of a Democratic congressman from Missouri, and joined his father in the insurance business in New York City. The young couple lived with the senior Moshers. After they divorced about 1930, Laura Mosher remarried and took the name of Parsons. (Anthony, Anthony Genealogy, 183; city directory, 1899; 7 january 1899 ^ 265 research by Phyllis C. Stehm, genealogist for the Susan B. Anthony House, Inc., Rochester.) 3. George Aaron Vail (1839–1908), who lived in East Orange, New Jersey, was a son of SBA’s cousin and childhood friend Aaron R. Vail and a brother of Carrie Ladd. Like other members of his family, he was in the leather business, having gotten his start with his uncle Henry G. Lapham. (Vail, Moses Vail, 222; New York Times, 14, 15 February 1908.) 4. Harry Baker moved from the West Coast to New York City. Sun.Jan.8,1899.In New York at Cousin S.V.Laphams went to Episcopal Church Cor. 66th st & Madison Ave to see & hear Rev Heber Newton 1 — with cousin Carrie Ladd— sat in pew with Cousin Louis Lapham’s wife & little Eleanor— 2 after the ceremonials were all through—& the Rev Newton took his place to give his sermon it was delightfully progressive—on the “Flowerings of Christianity”—but it seemed so incongruous with all the “Tom Foolery” of the performances before it— Nephew Harry Baker called this evening—told of his wonderful power now gained—to last!! 1. Richard Heber Newton (1840–1914), an Episcopal clergyman, was rector of All Souls Protestant Episcopal Church. (ANB.) 2. Antoinette Dearborn Lapham (1861–1956) married Lewis Henry Lapham (1858–1934) in 1882. Elinor Lapham (1889–1983), later Ford, was the third of their four children. Lewis, a son of SBA’s cousin and friend Semantha Lapham, worked in the leather firm founded by his late father. In 1899, he added steamships to his business interests and became a founder of the American-Hawaiian Steamship Company.In 1902,he was a founder of the Texas Company,later known as Texaco. (Aldrige,Laphams in America,182–83,256–57; NCAB,52:390; New York...

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