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To Montgomery C. Meigs1Jump to section
Quarter-Master-General Executive Mansion
Washington, Oct. 17, 1863.
Washington, Oct. 17, 1863.
If, upon your judgment, you favor the introducing to the service, to any extent, the invention of Mrs. Hutter, for protection of Soldiers' ears, this may be taken as my order for you to do so. Yours &c. A. LINCOLN
Annotation
[1] ALS, owned by Edward C. Stone, Boston, Massachusetts. See Lincoln to Meigs, October 16, supra.