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BATES, EDWARD

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BATES, EDWARD
(1793 - 1869) Attorney General under Abraham Lincoln who upheld suspension of the writ of habeas corpus and was the first cabinet member from west of the Mississippi. A.N.S. ""Edward Bates"" 1p. 5"" x 3"" [n.p. n.d.], to a Mr. Kennedy, in full: ""I have not even read the enclosed [?]. Not to speak of the fact, that the subject is beyond my accustomed line of vision, I am, just now up to the [?] in other troubled waters. May I beg you to cast your practiced eye over the paper..."". Very good.