Papers Of Abraham Lincoln

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Resolved, That the Governor be requested to inform this House at what time the first instalment of ten thousand pounds sterling due by Messrs. Wright & Co., under the contract made with them by the Hon. R. M. Young, for the Illinois and Michigan Canal Fund, was received by the said R. M. Young.

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Also, where has said sum of money been deposited since it was received, if with banks, what banks? and if with brokers, what brokers?

Also, what amount of premiums, exchange and interest have been received by the said agents on said first instalment.

Also, whether said first instalment of ten thousand pounds sterling, and the interest, exchange and premiums, which have been received from the same have ever been paid to the Canal Commissioners; and if not, the reasons why they same has not been done.

Also, whether the agents of the State who had the charge of said sum of money, refused to pay over the same to the Canal Commissioners when requested by them, and if so, the reasons for refusing so to do; and

Also, the reason why said sum of money was not placed at the disposal of the Canal Commissioners as soon as the same was received.

1John J. Hardin introduced the resolution in the House of Representatives on December 1, 1840, and the House adopted it. On December 5, Governor Thomas Carlin responded with a report, which the House referred to the Committee on Finance, on which sat Abraham Lincoln.
Journal of the House of Representatives, of the Twelfth General Assembly of the State of Illinois, Convened by Proclamation of the Governor, Being Their First Session (Springfield, IL: William Walters, 1840), 42-43, 79.