[88] Sangamo Journal, July 21, 1838.
[89] Wheeler, Biographical History of Congress I, pp. 72-73; Sheahan, Douglas, p. 36.
[90] Sheahan, Douglas, pp. 36-37; Transactions of the Illinois State Historical Society, 1902, pp. 109 ff; Peoria Register, May 19, 1838.
[91] Palmer, Personal Recollections, p. 24.
[92] Forney, Anecdotes of Public Men, II, p. 180.
[93] Transactions of the Illinois Historical Society, 1902, p. 110.
[94] Sangamo Journal, August 25, 1838; Peoria Register, August 11, 1838.
[95] Election returns in the Office of the Secretary of State.
[96] See Sheahan, Douglas, p. 37; also Illinois State Register, October 12, 1838.
[97] MS. Letter, Benton to Douglas, October 27, 1838.