Annotation
[1] ALS-P, ISLA. Lincoln endorsed the envelope, ``Please see Mr. Butler/May 23, 1863. A. Lincoln.'' An endorsement by Stanton referred the letter to the quartermaster general. Montgomery C. Meigs reported on May 27 (copy, IHi-Parsons Papers). On June 3 Meigs instructed the chief quartermaster Colonel Robert Allen of the Department of the West at St. Louis to settle all accounts with the railroad prior to May 3, 1862.