1Richard G. Murphy introduced the resolution in the House of Representatives on December 24, 1840, and the House adopted it. On January 4, 1841 the Committee
of Finance, which included Abraham Lincoln, reported HB 80 in response to this resolution.
Illinois House Journal. 1840. 12th G. A., 155, 181.
2The “militia law” refers to “An Act for the Organization and Government of the Militia
of this State,” 2 March 1833, The Act of the Organization and Government of the Militia of this State, Passed 2d
March 1833, Together with the Articles of War, and the Rules and Regulations for the
Government of the Army of the United States (1833), 3-52.. The militia act was published separately from the Revised Laws of
1833.
Printed Transcription, 1 page(s), Journal of the House of Representatives, of the Twelfth General Assembly of the State of Illinois, At Their Second Session (Springfield, IL: William Walters, 1840), 155