When the legislature met, Lincoln had to come here to the Illinois state capital in Vandalia.

立法机关开会时，林肯不得不来到伊利诺伊州首府万达利亚。

By 1817, stagecoaches were running between Washington and Wheeling; by 1833 contractors had carried their work to Columbus, Ohio, and by 1852, to Vandalia, Illinois.

到 1817 年， 驿马车在华盛顿和惠灵之间运行； 到 1833 年，承包商将他们的工作运到了俄亥俄州的哥伦布， 到 1852 年， 运到了伊利诺伊州的万达利亚。

But in 1837, Lincoln and other legislators voted to move the capital from Vandalia in the south to its present location in Springfield in the middle of the state.

但在 1837 年，林肯和其他立法者投票决定将首都从南部的万达利亚迁至现在位于该州中部的斯普林菲尔德。