Letter signed Edward Bates, attorney general’s office, to John E. Couzins, St. Louis. Marked “private.” States that he has not heard anything about Hamilton[?] since he was near Knoxville, Tennessee, and fears that he has “fallen among thieves”; requests his views regarding affairs in St. Louis and Missouri; and comments on the progress of the war. (3 pages), 1861 Nov 25

Item — Box: 1, Folder: 1

Identifier: D00635

Staff Only

Letter signed Edward Bates, Attorney General’s Office, to John E. Couzins, St. Louis, November 25, 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.