| Ratings 
 
 
  | Year | Rank | Edo | Dev. | Games |  
  | 1895 | 710 | 1957 | (49) | 22 |  
  | 1896 | 644 | 1991 | (41) | 47 |  
  | 1897 | 585 | 2025 | (42) | 34 |  
  | 1898 | 590 | 2039 | (48) | 27 |  
 
Rating table notes
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| Biographical data |  | 
   | Name: Baxter, H.F. |  
   | Born: |  
   | Died: |  |  |  
   | Notes: |  
   | The Westminster Papers of 1 Dec. 1874 (p.153) have 'H.D. Baxter'. |  |  |  |  
   | References |  | 
| Books |  
   | American Chess Association, Constitution of the American Chess Association, page 3 |  
   | Reichhelm and Shipley, Chess in Philadelphia, page 12 |  | Periodicals |  
   | [CLCM], vol. 1, no. 11, Dec. 1874, page 271 |  
   | [MCR], vol. 1, no. 11, Nov. 1874, page 452 |  
   | [SoT], 31 Oct. 1874 |  
   | [SZ], vol. 24, no. 4, Apr. 1869, page 108 |  
   | [WP], vol. 7, no. 8, 1 Dec. 1874, page 153 |  |  |