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[1] AES, owned by Charles W. Olsen, Chicago, Illinois. Lincoln's endorsement is written on a letter from Millard Fillmore, May 16, 1863, asking a court of inquiry for his nephew, First Lieutenant George M. Fillmore of the Third Artillery, dismissed on April 17, 1863, for intemperance. The register of letters received by the judge advocate general lists a missing letter or endorsement dated May 25 from John G. Nicolay (No. 410), that the president will take no action on the enclosed papers of Lieutenant Fillmore (DNA WR RG 153).