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LETTER GIVING SKETCH OF FREDERICK BATES.8
He died in office in 1825, leaving a widow and several children, and a reputation without a stain. Born June 23, 1777; died August 4, 1825.
The opposition of Frederick Bates's transfer from Michigan to Missouri was, as I have heard, this: Governor Lewis, who was appointed, less for his civil and political qualifications, than for his good services in leading the exploring party to the Pacific, spent most of his time abroad, so that the Secretary was, very often, de facto Governor. At that time, Dr. Browne
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