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Resolved, That the committee on Finance, be instructed to enquire
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whether or not the Shawneetown Bank has suspended specie payment, and that they have the power to send for persons and
papers, and report by bill or otherwise.
1Wyatt B. Stapp introduced the resolution in the House of Representatives on December 12, 1839, and the House adopted it. On December 26, the Committee on
Finance, on which sat Abraham Lincoln, reported back the resolution, requesting to be discharged from further consideration,
which the House granted.
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), 26-27, 85.
Printed Transcription, 2 page(s), 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), 26-27