Lincoln writes John T. Stuart in Washington, sending resolutions he had introduced in legislature, and asks Stuart to show them to John C. Calhoun. Proposal is for Illinois to buy all public land in state for 25¢ an acre. Abraham Lincoln to John T. Stuart, 1 January 1840, CW, 1:181.

Stuart & Lincoln deposit $38.25 in stock into their account with a Springfield merchant.Account (copy), 1 January 1840, Irwin & Corneau Account Book, 185, microfilm, IHi, Springfield, IL.