Edward Bates

On August 2, 1861, Edward Bates writes from the Attorney General's Office to Hamilton R. Gamble. Bates applauds "the wise course taken by the Missouri Convention," and congratulates Gamble on his appointment as Provisional Governor of the state. "The internal peace of Missouri & its security," he declares, "…will do more towards the suppression of the insurrection in the border states, than 100,000 of our best men in arms."

August 2, 1861

Presidential Election of 1860, Secession, and the War's Commencement
Battle for Missouri, 1861-1865 -- Military History of Missouri and Kansas

Edward Bates
Hamilton R Gamble
Abraham Lincoln

Missouri Historical Society Library and Research Center

Gamble Papers, B.91 f.5 Aug. 1-5, 1861

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