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Yours of the 29th. received. I shall take it to Gen. Halleck; but I already know it will be very inconvenient to take Gen. Morgan's command from where it now is. I am glad to hear you speak hopefully
for Tennessee. I sincerely hope Rosecrans may find it possible to do something for her.
``David Nelson'' son of the M.C. of your state, regrets his father's final defection, and asks me for a situation. Do you know him? Could he be of service to you, or to Tennessee, in any capacity in which I could send him? A. LINCOLN