Lincoln writes Col. W. H. Davidson of Carmi that he has written to President Tyler in behalf of Col. Servant, "saying all for the Col: that I could say for the best man on earth." [He is recommending Richard B. Servant of Chester, Ill., with whom he served six years in legislature; Servant appointed receiver of Kaskaskia land office in 1843.]Abraham Lincoln to William H. Davidson, 4 June 1841, CW, 1:253.