Papers Of Abraham Lincoln

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Whereas, The people of the State of Illinois feel a deep and abiding interest in the prosecution and final completion of the Cumberland road through the State,

And whereas, appropriations heretofore have been made at so late a period, as to preclude an energetic prosecution of the work,

And whereas, at the last session of Congress, no appropriation was made for the above object, Therefore,

1st. Resolved by the House of Representatives, the Senate concurring herein, That our Representatives in Congress be requested, and our Senators instructed to use their best exertions to procure an ample appropriation for the improvement of the Cumberland road during the year 1840.

2d. Resolved, That our members in Congress bring said measure before Congress at as early a period as practicable, and urge its speedy passage.

3d. Resolved, That his Excellency, Thomas Carlin, be requested to transmit to each of our members in Congress a copy of this preamble and resolutions[.]

1Orlando B. Ficklin introduced the resolution in the House of Representatives on December 21, 1839, and the House adopted it. The Senate concurred on December 28.
Journal of the House of Representatives, of the Eleventh General Assembly of the State of Illinois, at Their Called Session (Springfield, IL: William Walters, 1839), 74-75; Journal of the Senate of the Eleventh General Assembly of the State of Illinois, at Their Called Session (Springfield, IL: William Walters, 1839), 52, 66.