To William H. Davidson1Jump to section
Yours of the 23rd. ult: is duly received and I have most cheerfully complied with the request you make in relation to Col: Servant.2Jump to section I have written to Mr. Tyler3Jump to section saying all for the Col: that I could say for the best man on earth. Baker4Jump to section will do the same to-day.
About the matter you and I spoke of at our last parting, I can say nothing which would be news to you. My feelings, and those of Baker, on that subject, are precisely the same as when we last saw you; but the question is how to effect any thing. If you see any way that we can do any thing you ought to write us; there is no indelicacy in it. Baker and I were with Webb5Jump to section at Vermillion, and talked the matter over with him; and he will tell you the particulars of what we thought.
With my best respects to Mrs. Davidson and Mrs. Wilson,6Jump to section I remain Your friend, as ever A. LINCOLN
Annotation
[1] ALS, IHi. Davidson lived at Carmi in White County, Illinois.
[2] Richard B. Servant of Chester, Illinois, who was appointed receiver of the Land Office at Kaskaskia in 1843.
[3] President John Tyler.
[4] Edward D. Baker.
[5] Edwin B. Webb.
[6] Mrs. William Wilson (nee Mary S. Davidson), sister of Davidson, and wife of the Chief Justice of Illinois.