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Resolved by the Senate and House of Reps[Representatives] of the State of Illinois that our Senators in Congress be instructed and our representatives be requested, to use their exertions to prevent the repeal of the Act of Congress passed at the last Session Commonly known as the Independent Treasury
Resolved that they be likewise instructed & requested to vote against all bills having for their object the establishment of a National Bank
Resolved that the Governor of this State be requested respectfully to transmit a copy of the foregoing resolutions to each of our Senators & representatives in Congress.
1On December 14, 1840, William J. Gatewood introduced the resolution in the Senate. The Senate adopted the resolution on December 21, by a vote of 23 ayes to 14 nays. The House of Representatives approved the resolution on December 30, by a vote of 44 ayes to 31 nays, Abraham Lincoln voting nay.
Journal of the House of Representatives, of the Twelfth General Assembly of the State of Illinois (Springfield, IL: William Walters, 1840), 151, 167; Journal of the Senate of the Twelfth General Assembly of the State of Illinois (Springfield, IL: William Walters, 1840), 76, 99-100.

Handwritten Document, 1 page(s), Folder 431, GA Session: 12-2, Illinois State Archives (Springfield, IL) ,