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Mrs. Tod's wish.

--A late number of the Cincinnati Commercial relates the following of Mrs. Tod, the stepmother of Mrs. Lincoln:

‘ Mrs, Tod, resident in Kentucky, was present, with a female friend, at the Horticultural Rooms, on Saturday, and a conversation there arose between herself and several other persons, among whom was an elderly gentleman, formerly well acquainted with the Morgan family — that of which the notorious Colonel Morgan is a limb — and the conversation turning upon Col. Morgan, abhorrence of his villainies was expressed by one of the party, when Mrs. Tod spoke up, vehemently ‘"I wish there were a thousand like John Morgan"’ These are her precise words, as given by a gentleman acquainted with all the parties, and to whom they were, as one of the group above alluded to, addressed.

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The Daily Dispatch: June 24, 1862. Richmond Dispatch. 2 pages. by Cowardin & Hammersley. Richmond. June 24, 1862. microfilm. Ann Arbor, Mi : Proquest. 1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm.

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