Annotation
[1] ALS and AES, owned by William C. and Otto Madlener, Chicago, Illinois. The envelope is endorsed by Lincoln, ``Please see Gen. Green Clay Smith. A. Lincoln,'' and the accompanying letter from William Duke to his brother-in-law, Green Clay Smith, August 20, 1863, is endorsed by Lincoln as above. Duke's letter sets forth that although he had ``in a state of excitement'' accepted a Confederate commission in September, 1862, he had within a few days recognized his error and taken an oath of allegiance. Smith endorsed Duke's letter with the request that a final pardon be granted to Duke.