Saturday, January 4, 1834.New Salem, IL. | [Meeting is held in court house in Springfield to select delegates to April
convention in Rushville to agree on one of four northern towns as new state capital. Dan
Stone presides and appoints Peter Cartwright, John T. Stuart, and Stephen T. Logan
committee on resolutions. Delegates appointed are Stuart, Logan, Cartwright, George
Forquer, E. D. Taylor, and Samuel Morris.Sangamo Journal, 11 January 1834.] |