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March 01, 1834

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Saturday, March 1, 1834.
 New Salem, IL.

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Public meeting is held to nominate candidate for governor. Bowling Green presides and appoints Lincoln secretary. Dr. John Allen, Nelson Alley, and Samuel Hill draft resolution that General James D. Henry, former sheriff of Sangamon County and hero of Black Hawk War, is their choice for governor. [Henry died in New Orleans, March 5, 1834.] Sangamo Journal, 15 March 1834; Report of a Political Meeting, 1 March 1834, CW, 1:21-22. 

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         <p> Public meeting is held to nominate candidate for governor. Bowling Green
            presides and appoints Lincoln secretary. Dr. John Allen, Nelson Alley, and Samuel Hill
            draft resolution that General James D. Henry, former sheriff of Sangamon County and hero
            of Black Hawk War, is their choice for governor. [Henry died in New Orleans, March 5,
               1834.]<bibl default='NO'>
               <title>Sangamo Journal</title>, 15 March 1834; <xref from='ROOT' url='http://www.hti.umich.edu/cgi/t/text/text-idx?c=lincoln;rgn=div1;view=text;idno=lincoln1;node=lincoln1%3A29' targOrder='U' to='DITTO'>Report of a Political
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