Lincoln writes to D. A. Smith of Jacksonville, attorney for defendant in Atwood v. Caldwell et al., pending in Supreme Court. "I learn that Caldwell has execu[ted his] bond and qualified under the decree. I am now anxio[us to] know whether the arrangement has been made to your sat[isfac]tion; and I do not like to ask Caldwell. Will you write [me] by return mail?" Abraham Lincoln to David A. Smith, 20 February 1851, CW, 2:100.