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Resolved, That the Board of Public Works be respectfully requested to furnish this House, at their earliest convenience, with the following information: Whether any agent
has been appointed by them to purchase iron for the State; if so, his name, the date of his appointment, and his instructions; whether any
funds were allotted for his expenses; if so, what sum, and when received; whether
said sum has been expended, or any part thereof; whether any part thereof has been
returned; and whether any iron was purchased by said agent; if so, how much; and if
not, why not.
1Edward D. Baker introduced the resolution in the House of Representatives on February 14, 1839, and the House adopted it. On February 19, the Board of Public
Works responded, and the House referred this communication to the Committee on Finance,
on which sat Abraham Lincoln. The Committee on Finance reported back the correspondence on March 2 without comment,
and the House discharged it from further consideration.
Journal of the House of Representatives of the Eleventh General Assembly of the State
of Illinois, at Their First Session, Begun and Held in the Town of Vandalia, December
3, 1838 (Vandalia, IL: William Walters, 1838), 408, 444, 595.
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), 408