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January 20, 1851

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Monday, January 20, 1851.
 Springfield, IL.

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Bill to incorporate Illinois Central Railroad is still in committee. According to affidavit of Anthony Thornton, representative from Shelby, Lincoln and several members of legislature were retained by company to promote its interests. Affidavit, files of Illinois Central Railroad Co.

Another source claims he opposed Illinois Central. John W. Starr, Lincoln and the Railroads: A Biographical Study (New York: Dodd, Mead, 1927), 42-45.

At any rate he is actively interested in bill. 

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Bill to incorporate Illinois Central Railroad is still in committee. 
According to affidavit of Anthony Thornton, representative from 
Shelby, Lincoln and several members of legislature were retained by 
company to promote its interests.
<bibl default='NO'>Affidavit, files of Illinois Central Railroad Co.</bibl>
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Another source claims he opposed Illinois Central.
<bibl default='NO'>John W. Starr, <title>Lincoln and the Railroads: A Biographical Study</title> (New York: Dodd, Mead, 1927), 42-45.</bibl>
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At any rate he is actively interested in bill.
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