1On December 5, 1838, John J. Hardin introduced the resolution in the House of Representatives. The House adopted the resolution on December 8. On December 11, the House received
a response from Levi Davis, the Auditor of Public Accounts, which they laid on the table.
Journal of the House of Representatives of the Eleventh General Assembly of the State
of Illinois, at Their First Session, (Vandalia, IL: William Walters, 1838), 20, 49-50, 56-57; John Clayton, comp., The Illinois Fact Book and Historical Almanac, 1673-1968 (Carbondale: Southern Illinois University Press, 1970), 100.
2The Internal Improvement Act provided for the establishment of a three-member board made up of professional financiers
to oversee the finances of the state’s public works projects.
Printed Transcription, 1 page(s), Journal of the House of Representatives of the Eleventh General Assembly of the State of Illinois at their First Session (Vandalia, IL: William Walters, 1838), 20