To Oliver L. Davis1Jump to section
Dear Sir: You, no doubt, remember the enclosed memorandum being handed me in your office. I have just made the desired search, and find that no such deed has ever been here. Campbell,2Jump to section the Auditor, says that if it were here, it would be in his office, and that he has hunted for it a dozen times, & could never find it. He says that one time and another, he has heard much about the matter---that it was not a deed for Right o Way, but a deed, outright, for Depot-ground---at least, a sale for Depot-ground, and there may never have been a deed. He says, if there is a deed, it is most probable Genl. Alexander,3Jump to section of Paris, has it. Yours truly.
A. LINCOLN
[Memorandum]
A Deed from Joseph Patterson to the State of Illinois for the right of way one [sic] Lots 7 & 8 in Block 8 in McRoberts & Walkers Addition to Danville4Jump to section
I am to examine for the record of this deed at Springfield and write the result to James G. Miles5Jump to section or O. L. Davis at Danville.
Annotation
[1] ALS, CSmH. Oliver L. Davis was an attorney at Danville, Illinois.
[2] Thomas H. Campbell, state auditor.
[3] Milton K. Alexander.
[4] This sentence is not in Lincoln's hand. Joseph Patterson was for many years justice of peace at Danville.
[5] Lincoln first wrote ``Myers,'' then deleted it and substituted ``Miles.'' James G. Miles has not been identified.