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<date value='1839-01-16'>Wednesday, January 16, 1839.</date>
<place key='38.9500, -89.0833' teiForm='name'>Vandalia, IL</place>.</dateline>
<p> Lincoln writes bill establishing counties of Menard, Logan, and Dane. It is
read twice and referred to committee of Calhoun of Sangamon, Thornton of Shelby, Fish of
Montgomery, Roman of St. Clair, and Lincoln.<bibl default='NO'>Photocopy.</bibl>
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<p> Bill amending election laws is debated, with Lincoln, Baker, and Hardin
demanding more care in counting votes.<bibl default='NO'>
<title>House Journal</title>.</bibl>
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