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- GLC#
- GLC02490.01
- Type
- Letters
- Date
- February 5, 1862
- Author/Creator
- Bates, Edward, 1793-1869
- Title
- to G. Welles
- Place Written
- s.l.
- Pagination
- 1 p. : Height: 18 cm, Width: 23 cm
- Primary time period
- Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
- Sub-Era
- The American Civil War
The recipient is possibly Gideon Welles, Secretary of the Navy. Bates, United States Attorney General, asks Welles to return an essay by Mr. Binney (possible Horace Binney) on the suspension of the writ of Habeas Corpus. States "The work is in great demand, & somebody has hooked my last copy." Relates that he has been ill for several days.
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