Executive Mansion,
Washington, July 21,
1864.
Hon. Sec. of Treasury
My dear Sir.
The bearer of this is a most estimable widow lady1,
at whose house I boarded many years ago when a member of Congress. She now is
very needy; & any employment suitable to a lady could not be bestowed on a
more worthy person.
Yours truly
A. LINCOLN
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1 The “widow lady'” was Mrs. Ann G. (Thornton)
Sprigg, who received an appointment as clerk in the loan branch of the Treasury
Department.
SOURCE: Roy P. Basler, Editor, Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln, Volume 7, p. 454
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