Note signed Edward Bates, attorney general’s office. “Mr. John E.D. Couzins of St. Louis is about leaving Washington for home. He came to this city at my special request, and in the public service. I commend him to the kindness of all officers & others in the service of the government.” (1 page), 1861 Oct 7

Item — Box: 1, Folder: 1

Identifier: D00632

Staff Only

Note signed Edward Bates, attorney general’s office, October 7, 1861

Scope and Contents

From the Collection:

The Couzins Family Papers contain papers relating to John E.D. Couzins’s efforts to hold Missouri in the Union during the Civil War, including letters, commissions, and a loyalty oath; papers relating to Mrs. Adaline Couzins’s work as a volunteer nurse during the Civil War, including printed memorials to the U.S. Senate, dated March 27, 1888, praising her work; papers relating to Phoebe Couzins, including articles and addresses by her; correspondence and articles regarding Couzins family history; and photocopies of newspaper clippings, many of which appear to have been copied from a family scrapbook, mostly relating to J.E.D. Couzins and Phoebe Couzins.