Friday, March 25, 1842.Springfield, IL. | ["Register" mentions several recent meetings of Springfield Junto to decide
who may be candidates for legislature, deciding on William Butler, Ninian W. Edwards,
John Dawson, and Lincoln. "Mr. Lincoln, perhaps, will not accept the nomination, though
urged by Baker, who thinks Mr. Lincoln's influence in the Legislature would elect Baker,
U.S. Senator."Register, 25 March 1842.] |