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January 30, 1840

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Thursday, January 30, 1840.
 Springfield, IL.

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Lincoln defends internal improvements. "He thought [them] . . . of sufficient importance to justify this last effort . . . to save something for the state, from the general wreck. . . . That after the immense debt, we have incurred . . . at least one work calculated to yield something . . . should be finished and put in operation." House Journal. 

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         <p> Lincoln defends internal improvements. "He thought [them] . . . of
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               <title>House Journal</title>.</bibl>
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