To Stewart Van Vliet1Jump to section
New. York June 23 1863
Have you any idea what the news is, in the despatches of Gen. Banks to Gen. Halleck? A. LINCOLN
Annotation
[1] ALS, RPB. No reply has been located, and LINCOLN's reference to despatches from Banks to Halleck remains unexplained. Since Major Van Vliet was quartermaster at New York, it may be inferred that the despatches were sent by boat to New York care of the quartermaster.