Lot
656 
[Justice] Edward Bates, Attorney General 1861-1864. Free frank ""Edwd. Bates" signature on Attorney General's Office official imprint cover to Dr. Th. E. Massie, Chillicothe Oh., "Washington D.C. Jun 30 1862" cds, original "Attorney General's Office" imprint stationery ALS letter datelined "June 30. 1862", reading in part "I am sorry that it is not in my power to gratify you in the matter of Conrad D. Boyd, now a prisoner (as you say) in Fort Delaware. Sometime ago, the President did give me, as a personal favor, two … boys, then prisoners at Camp Douglas, Ills. They were children of my early friends. That was an exceptional care, and the example has not been followed for reasons deemed good, at the War Office" signed by Bates; no flap and small toned spot, F.-V.F., ex-Lynn Brugh, Richard Graham Collection. Estimate $200 - 300.
Realized: $550