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. . . . Bleeding Kansas Scene at the Signing of the Constitution of the United States by Howard Chandler Christy 1940 Washington is the presiding officer standing at right 4.1.2 Power. Interpretations Early European colonists who settled along the Potomac found a diversity of large and small mammals living in the dense forests nearby Bison elk wolves ( gray and red) and panthers (cougars) were still present at that time but had been hunted to extirpation by the middle of the 19th century Among the denizens of the Potomac's banks beavers and otters met a similar fate while small populations of minks and martens survived into the 20th century in some secluded areas. .

. . See also: List of National Historic Landmarks in Washington D.C.; National Register of Historic Places listings in Washington D.C.; and List of museums in Washington D.C. Virginia Bluebells growing wild on Theodore Roosevelt Island Contents Demobilization and resignation At the time of the convention 13 men were merchants: Blount Broom Clymer Dayton Fitzsimons Shields Gilman Gorham Langdon Robert Morris Pierce Sherman and Wilson. The Congress of the United States serves two distinct purposes that overlap: local representation to the federal government of a congressional district by representatives and a state's at-large representation to the federal government by senators, The British navy bombarded unstable earthworks on lower Manhattan Island. Washington with misgivings heeded the advice of Generals Greene and Israel Putnam to defend Fort Washington They were unable to hold it and Washington abandoned it despite General Charles Lee's objections as his army retired north to White Plains. Howe's pursuit forced Washington to retreat across the Hudson River to Fort Lee to avoid encirclement Howe then landed his troops on Manhattan in November and captured Fort Washington inflicting high casualties on the Americans Washington was responsible for delaying the retreat though he blamed Congress and Nathanael Greene Loyalists in New York considered Howe a liberator and spread a rumor that Washington had set fire to the city. Patriot morale reached its lowest when Lee was captured, 4 White House 6.6 Farewell Address.