To David P. Holloway1Jump to section
The writer of this letter is an acquaintance and friend of mine, & I believe, an honest and true man, & I introduce him as such.
A. LINCOLN.
Annotation
[1] Parke-Bernet Catalog 272, April 2, 1941, No. 438. According to the catalog description, Lincoln's endorsement is written on a letter from Jonathan Haines asking an introduction to the commissioner of patents in order to press his claim for an extension of his patent on a harvesting machine.