Claims he never received the April 23rd letter from Botts which was printed in a newspaper, and states, 'I cannot avoid the conclusion that you are acting under duress - that you have become the victim of a set of desperados, gladly sacrifice you and me, ten thousand such men, if thereby they can make a way of escape for themselves?Ǫ' Includes envelope. Title: Letter signed Edw. Bates [Edward Bates], Washington City, to Hon. John M. Botts, April 29, 1861 . 29 April 1861. Bates, Edward, 1793-1869

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