Annotation
[1] ALS, owned by Philip R. Baker, Pasadena, California. The correspondence mentioned by Lincoln has not been found. ``Mr. Edwards'' may have been Ninian W. Edwards, Baker's father-in-law.
[2] First Lieutenant John P. Baker of the First Cavalry, who was promoted to captain July 17 and appointed aide-de-camp to Major General William B. Franklin on August 20, 1862.
[3] Probably Joseph F. Baker whom Lincoln had just nominated as a second lieutenant in the Marine Corps on March 19.