Baker suffered from poor health (I believe it was a stroke) late in life which severely hampered his ability to write. He could still sign, but it can be easily seen that it would have caused him a great deal of trouble and effort. Latter-day signatures look so pained.
Due to this, his wife assisted in answering the mail requests that came his way in the final years. There may very well have been more people than just her helping sign things.
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