February 11, 1837

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         <dateline> 
            <date value='1837-02-11'>Saturday,
  February 11, 1837.</date> 
            <place key='38.9500, -89.0833' teiForm='name'>Vandalia,
  IL</place>.</dateline>
         <p> First direct move to gain capital for
  Springfield is made in attempt to repeal act of 1833 on permanent seat of
  government following referendum.<anchor corresp='n003' id='a003'/> Lincoln leads move for repeal and Dement of Fayette
  [Vandalia, county seat] opposes.<bibl default='NO'>
               <title>House Journal</title>.</bibl> 
         </p>
         <note place='unspecified' id='n003' anchored='yes' target='a003'>Vote taken August 4, 1834 when Ninth General Assembly was
  elected produced virtual tie between Alton (8,157), Vandalia (7,730), and
  Springfield (7,075). Geographical Center (790), Peoria (424), and Jacksonville
  (273) were eliminated, setting the stage for contest between three leaders.
  <bibl default='NO'>Theodore C. Pease, ed.,
  <title>Illinois Election Returns, 1818-1848</title>, vol. 18 of
  <title>Collections of the Illinois State Historical
  Library</title> (Springfield: Illinois State Historical Library, 1923),
  94-96.</bibl> 
         </note>
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