TY  - GEN
AU  - Bates,Edward
TI  - Edward Bates papers,
KW  - Fritsch, C. R.
KW  - Lincoln, Abraham,
KW  - Sherman, William T.
KW  - Statehood (American politics)
KW  - Missouri
KW  - Politics and government
KW  - United States
KW  - 1815-1861
KW  - 1861-1865
KW  - West Virginia
KW  - Cabinet officers
KW  - itoamc
KW  - Lawyers
KW  - Politicians
N1  - Open to research; Microfilm edition available; no. 19,769; Microfilm produced from originals in the Manuscript Division; Washington, D.C.; Library of Congress Photoduplication Service; 1988
N2  - 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
UR  - http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms006047
UR  - http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms006047.3
ER  -