Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln. Volume 1 [1824-Aug. 28, 1848].

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Title: Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln. Volume 1 [1824-Aug. 28, 1848].
Author: Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865.
Publication: New Brunswick, N.J.: Rutgers University Press; 1953.
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[2] The bill would have changed the date of congressional elections to August, 1840. In 1839 the legislature, because of the census of 1840, had moved the 1840 election forward one year. The Senate tabled the bill.

[3] Henry B. Truett and Myers Truett of Galena, Illinois.