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Main article: Siege of Boston, Hamilton created controversy among Cabinet members by advocating the establishment of the First Bank of the United States Madison and Jefferson objected but the bank easily passed Congress Jefferson and Randolph insisted that the new bank was beyond the authority granted by the constitution as Hamilton believed Washington sided with Hamilton and signed the legislation on February 25 and the rift became openly hostile between Hamilton and Jefferson. Washington D.C. Business Directory The abolitionists realizing that the total elimination of slavery was as an immediate goal unrealistic had worked to prevent expansion of slavery into the new states formed out of the Western territories the Missouri Compromise the Compromise of 1850 and the Bleeding Kansas crisis dealt with whether new states would be slave or free or how that was to be decided Both sides were anxious about effects of these decisions on the balance of power in the Senate. Asian 3.5% 1.8% 0.6% 0.2% Jonathan Bayard Smith Pennsylvania 1 Yes In 1654 John Casor a black indentured servant in colonial Virginia was the first man to be declared a slave in a civil case He had claimed to an officer that his master Anthony Johnson himself a free black had held him past his indenture term a neighbor Robert Parker told Johnson that if he did not release Casor he would testify in court to this fact Under local laws Johnson was at risk for losing some of his headright lands for violating the terms of indenture Under duress Johnson freed Casor Casor entered into a seven years' indenture with Parker Feeling cheated Johnson sued Parker to repossess Casor a Northampton County Virginia court ruled for Johnson declaring that Parker illegally was detaining Casor from his rightful master who legally held him "for the duration of his life", More than 20,000 injured or ill soldiers received treatment in an array of permanent and temporary hospitals in the capital including the U.S Patent Office and for a time the Capitol itself Among the notables who served in nursing were American Red Cross founder Clara Barton and Dorothea Dix who served as superintendent of female nurses in Washington Novelist Louisa May Alcott served at the Union Hospital in Georgetown Poet Walt Whitman served as a hospital volunteer and in 1865 would publish his famous poem "The Wound-Dresser." the United States Sanitary Commission had a significant presence in Washington as did the United States Christian Commission and other relief agencies the Freedman's Hospital was established in 1862 to serve the needs of the growing population of freed slaves. . . "The United States Senate A.D 1850" (engraving by Peter F Rothermel):.

13 References 10.2 Utilities The Royal Navy reported that it lost one man killed and six wounded in the attack of whom the fatality and three of the wounded were from the Corps of Colonial Marines. Other proposals The President's House in Philadelphia was Washington's residence from 1790 to 1797. . . Scott then marched westward on April 2 1847 toward Mexico City with 8,500 healthy troops while Santa Anna set up a defensive position in a canyon around the main road about 50 miles (80 km) north-west of Veracruz near the hamlet of Cerro Gordo Santa Anna had entrenched with 12,000 troops and artillery that were trained on the road where he expected Scott to appear However Scott had sent 2,600 mounted dragoons ahead and they reached the pass on April 12 the Mexican artillery prematurely fired on them and therefore revealed their positions beginning the Battle of Cerro Gordo, Painting of four men conferring in a ship's cabin entitled "The Peacemakers", On Thursday December 12 1799 Washington inspected his farms on horseback in snow and sleet He returned home late for dinner but refused to change out of his wet clothes not wanting to keep his guests waiting He had a sore throat the following day but again went out in freezing snowy weather to mark trees for cutting That evening he complained of chest congestion but was still cheerful On Saturday he awoke to an inflamed throat and difficulty breathing so he ordered estate overseer George Rawlins to remove nearly a pint of his blood a practice of the time His family summoned Doctors James Craik Gustavus Richard Brown and Elisha C Dick. (Dr William Thornton arrived some hours after Washington died.). !