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I desire that the bill for the late instalments of the new powder be paid by the Sec. of War & Sec. of Navy on the same principle and at the same rate as former ones have been paid.
July 21st. 1863. A. LINCOLN.
[1] Copy, DNA WR NB RG 74, Bureau of Ordnance, Diller's Powder, Letters Received, 1862-1863. The copy of Lincoln's endorsement is on the back of a copy of a bill rendered July 20, 1863, by Isaac R. Diller for ``1000 pounds of Experimental Powder made by direction of the President @ $2.---per pound.---$2000.00,'' and approved July 21 by James M. Ripley as chief of ordnance, ``for one thousand dollars to be paid at the Frankfort Arsenal, and of the appropriation for the `Purchase of Gun Powder and Lead.' '' The inference is that the Army and Navy shared equally in the payments. See Lincoln to Diller, December 15, 1862, supra, and Lincoln's memorandum of instructions for testing Diller's powder, November 2, 1863, infra.