To Benjamin F. Flanders1Jump to section
The within is a copy of a letter to Gen. Banks. Please observe my direction to him. Do not mention the paragraph about Mexico.
Aug. 6. 1863. A. LINCOLN
Annotation
[1] AES, LU-Flanders Papers. Lincoln's endorsement is written on the back of a copy of his letter to Nathaniel P. Banks, August 5, supra. The original copies supposedly sent to Michael Hahn and Thomas J. Durant have not been located. See Lincoln to Banks, November 5, infra.