found: NUCMC data from LC Manuscript Div. for Forney, J.W. Papers, 1841-1881(Bates, Edward)
found: LC data base, 3-9-90(hdg.: Bates, Edward, 1793-1869)
found: Bio. dir. Am. cong.(Bates, Edward; rep. from Missouri; War of 1812 soldier; lawyer; Missouri state legislator; U.S. Attrny.-Genl., 1861-1864)
found: MWA/NAIP files(hdg.: Bates, Edward, 1793-1869; usage: Edward Bates; Mr. Bates, of Missouri; Unchanged Whig)
found: Lincoln's conservative advisor, 2024:CIP t.p. (Attorney General Edward Bates) galley (born on Sept. 4, 1793 in Goochland County, Virginia; he was postmaster of Goochland County Court; appointed to the quartermaster's department of the Army of the Northwest in 1797; he fought in the defense of Norfolk in 1813; he moved to St. Louis, Missouri; admitted to the bar in 1816; appointed State's Attorney for Missouri; member of the House of Representatives; Attorney General of the United States from 1861 until he resigned in 1864; he died on Mar. 25, 1869 in St. Louis, Missouri)
