Lot 1053
Civil War Politicians, selection of three ALSs: Edward Bates (1793-1869), Attorney General (1861-1864), "Edw. Bates", Washington, D.C., Atty Genl's Office, Jan 29, 1862, Letter of Introduction to Capt. Dalghren, Commander of the Washington Navy Yard, requesting tour of the Yard for Bates' son, Judge Barton Bates, and one James B. Eads, the engineer most responsible for Civil War ironclads; Edward Everett (1794-1865), Fillmore's Secretary of State (1852-53), principle speaker at the dedication of the National Cemetery at Gettysburg, where he was overshadowed by Lincoln's "Gettysburg Address"; Boston, Nov. 20, 1888, as Governor of Massachusetts. Writes concerning arrest warrants for "Gurney and Phillips" of New York; Edwin McMasters Stanton (1814-1869), Secretary of War (1862-68), "Edwin M. Stanton", Washington, D.C., Dec 14, 1866 on War Dept. letterhead. Fine group, tipped to biographical album pages.
Estimate 1,000 - 1,500
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