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<date value='1840-02-03'>Monday, February 3, 1840.</date>
<place key='39.8000, -89.6333' teiForm='name'>Springfield, IL</place>.</dateline>
<p> Legislature meets, but record does not disclose that Lincoln is present on last
day of session. City of Springfield and Springfield Mechanics Union are granted charters.
Lincoln draws up charter for Mechanics Union.<bibl default='NO'>
<title>House Journal</title>; IHi—Minutes of Union.</bibl>
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<p> Stuart & Lincoln deposit $150 cash into their account with a Springfield
merchant. The merchant debits their account for $250 for "bills payable".<bibl default='NO'>Account (copy), 3 February 1840, Irwin & Corneau Account Book, 185,
microfilm, IHi, Springfield, IL.</bibl>
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