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[1] ADfS, DLC-RTL. Lincoln probably did not send this letter. See his letter to Stanton, infra. The letter from Mrs. L. (S.?) H. Phipps of March 8, 1863, reads in part: ``Mr Stanton declined making another appointment to a Pennsylvanian . . . but I have been told that had I applied for Mr Phipps as from Memphis . . . Mr Stanton w'd probably have nominated him---& that it is not
now too late. . . . Mr. Phipps was in business in Tennessee some years---& was driven from Memphis in the outbreak of the Rebellion---as an Abolitionist . . . &. . . . cast . . . upon the world penniless. . . . deprived of the power to support his family. . . . Can President Lincoln wonder at my coming to his aid in this way? . . .'' (DLC-RTL). See also Lincoln's letter to Stanton concerning George W. Phipps, February 21, supra.