Did Lincoln visit Missouri in 1840?

[RJNorton]

I don't know. The alleged Abraham Lincoln trip to Rocheport/Columbia is not in Lincoln Day by Day, but Katherine Helm mentions it. In fact she writes, "...together they (Mary and Abraham) had conceived a romantic plan to meet each other during this political rally."

Katherine Helm continues, "The boat on which Mr. Lincoln had taken passage went aground on a sand bar and the disappointed passengers failed to reach the big political rally. Mr. Lincoln did not fail, however, to reach Columbia, and the next Sunday he and Mary were occupying the Todd pew in the Presbyterian Church."