Papers Of Abraham Lincoln

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Resolved by the House of Representatives the Senate concurring herein that our Senators in Congress be instructed and our Representatives requested to use all proper exertions to procure competent engineers ^of the United States Corps^ to make a survey of the Illinois River and to assertain the probable amount of moneys that would be required to remove the obstructions to the Navigation of the Said River

Resolved that the Governor be requested to forward a copy of the foregoing Resolution to each of our Senators and Representatives in Congress

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Gordon Res.[Resolution]
“improving navigation of Illinois river”.

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[12]/[18]/[1835]
Prickett, David (Pricket)

to be Enrolled
Clk. H. R.

1William Gordon introduced the resolution in the House of Representatives on December 11, 1835. The House adopted it, and the Senate concurred on December 12. On December 19, the House and Senate delivered the resolution to Governor Joseph Duncan for his signature. On February 1, 1836, Illinois Congressman William L. May and Senator John M. Robinson introduced the resolution in their respective chambers of Congress. Each chamber referred the petition to its Committee on Roads and Canals.
Illinois House Journal. 1835. 9th G. A., 2nd sess.,35, 43, 83; Illinois Senate Journal. 1835. 9th G. A., 2nd sess., 26, 27, 57, 78; U.S. House Journal. 1836. 24th Cong., 1st sess., 203; U.S. Senate Journal. 1836. 24th Cong., 1st sess., 105.