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Peterboro, Nov 22 '60, , Lysander Spooner Esq. , , My D. [sic] Sir, , , Yours came last evening - & I have already written Mr. Sedgwick to send you the Argument in the Phelps case. You ought to have it. There may yet be an occasion for using it on some similar case. It [...] to [...] be an entirely conclusive Argument. , , Yes, I agree with you & our friend Searle that I did let off the Committee on very easy terms. But when I saw this error, I was disarmed and I could go no further. , , I did, as you suppose regard