Saturday, December 24, 1836.Vandalia, IL. | Lincoln writes John McNamar that he has received petition to change state
road. If McNamar does not wish this change he should get up remonstrance. Lincoln
attends legislature, reporting, from select committee, amendments to Van Buren County
bill.Abraham Lincoln to John
McNamar, 24 December 1836, CW, 1:60; Bill Introduced in Illinois
Legislature to Organize the County of Van Buren, [24 December 1836], CW, 1:57-60; House Journal. |