Mark A. Neels- Lincoln’s Conservative Advisor: Attorney General Edward Bates

Join them to celebrate local historian and teacher Mark Neels’ look at an influential Missouri founding father Edward Bates. Edward Bates was an influential figure in Lincoln’s cabinet shaping key legal, military, and political matters from emancipation to civil liberties and equal rights, and his official opinion on Habeas Corpus would have a permanent effect on presidential authority and separation of powers. Join them for a look at Bates’ life and influence.

“Lincoln’s cabinet received a fine group portrait in Doris Kearns Goodwin’s Team of Rivals, which has been ably supplemented by recent biographies of William Henry Seward, Edwin M. Stanton, Salmon P. Chase, and Simon Cameron, but not Attorney General Edward Bates–until now. Joining those fine works is Mark A. Neels’s life of that eminent Missouri jurist, whose advice Lincoln valued and whose opinions–particularly one establishing citizenship rights for African Americans–proved highly influential. This is a welcome addition to the literature of Lincoln and the Civil War.”– Michael Burlingame, author of Abraham Lincoln: A Life

Neels will personalize and sign copies after the presentation! Personalized and signed copies will be available to be mailed anywhere in the country. For personalized copies, please order before noon on August 14th.

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St. Louis, MO 63108

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