Asks why in the Congressional debates about the legal and political condition of the 'rebel states' no mention has been made of the written opinions of the Heads of Departments given to President Lincoln regarding the admission of West Virginia into the Union. Title: Letter signed Edw. Bates [Edward Bates], St. Louis, to Hon. Doolittle, Senate, February 17, 1866 . 17 February 1866. Bates, Edward, 1793-1869

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