1863-10-01_Letter-B_MeigsQuartermasterGeneral

Department of War Washington Oct 1^st 1863 The quarter master general in view of the excellence of the reading mat-ter [furnished?] to the army by the American Tract society at Boston. rec-commends that the quarter masters convey the packages containing their publications from the general Depot to the several regiments [where?] it can be ^done^ without injury to the public service M. C. Meigs Quarter Master General U. S. [in a different hand] Head [Qus?] Army Potomac Feb 20. 1863 The above is a [true?] copy J. W. Alvord Sec. Am. Tr. Soc Boston

[penciled in different hand] Gent Meige Recommends Free passage of Reading matter [original hand] M. C. Meigs qr. mr. Genl. War department Sep 1^st 1863.