02638cpcaa2200517 a 4500 mm 78012039 DLC 20260227111621.0 cr ||||||||||| 790327|||||||||||| eng mm 78012039 ms 62004536 DLC DLC dacs DLC W lcmd Bates, Edward, 1793-1869. Edward Bates papers, 1818-1904 (bulk 1861-1864). 311 items. 2 containers. 2 microfilm reels. 0.6 linear feet. Open to research. Correspondence, a diary, newspaper clippings, printed material, and other papers reflecting Bates's career in Missouri state politics and the U.S. House of Representatives and as U.S. attorney general. Includes memoranda read to President Lincoln's cabinet, Bates's opinion on the admission of West Virginia into the Union, and his statement entitled The Present Condition of the Country. Correspondents include C.R. Fritsch, Abraham Lincoln, and William T. Sherman. Microfilm edition available, no. 19,769. Microfilm produced from originals in the Manuscript Division. Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress Photoduplication Service, 1988. Lawyer, politician, and U.S. attorney general. Collection material in English. Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms006047 Fritsch, C. R. Correspondence. Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865. Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 Correspondence. Sherman, William T. (William Tecumseh), 1820-1891 Correspondence. Statehood (American politics) Missouri Politics and government. United States Politics and government 1815-1861. United States Politics and government 1861-1865. West Virginia Politics and government 1861-1865. Cabinet officers. itoamc Lawyers. itoamc Politicians. itoamc Finding aid http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms006047 Finding aid (PDF) http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms006047.3 39732 39732