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. Congress authorizes defense spending such as the purchase of the USS Bon Homme Richard (CV-31). Background from the confluence of its North and South Branches. 1.3 Notable operations and milestones, By 1870 the District's population had grown 75% from the previous census to nearly 132,000 residents. Despite the city's growth Washington still had dirt roads and lacked basic sanitation Some members of Congress suggested moving the capital further west but President Ulysses S Grant refused to consider such a proposal, 3.1.3 Political divisions 1910 331,069 18.8% Wellington became the capital city of New Zealand in 1865 it lies at the southern tip of the North Island of New Zealand the smaller of New Zealand's two main islands (which subsequently became the more populous island,) immediately across Cook Strait from the South Island the previous capital Auckland lies much further north in the North Island; the move followed a long argument for a more central location for parliament. . On the morning of October 26 as Perry's fleet prepared to start the attack on the city the Mexican forces began firing at the American fleet the U.S bombing began to yield the square so that the fire continued until evening Before taking the square Perry decided to leave and return to the port of Frontera where he established a naval blockade to prevent supplies of food and military supplies from reaching the state capital; .

Slaveholders began to refer to slavery as the "peculiar institution" to differentiate it from other examples of forced labor They justified it as less cruel than the free labor of the North. . See also: History of unfree labor in the United States Mr Armfield remained in Alexandria doing the purchasing with agents in Richmond and Warrenton Virginia and Baltimore Frederick and Easton Maryland (on Maryland's Eastern Shore near Delaware) Mr Franklin handled the selling out of New Orleans and Natchez Mississippi with offices in St Francisville and Vidalia Louisiana Their partnership grew to the point that when the partnership was dissolved in 1836 and the business sold they owned six ships for the sole purpose of transporting slaves with monthly and then biweekly sailings (The ships carried agricultural products on the return trips.) One of them the Isaac Franklin was built for them. A Timothy Cole wood engraving taken from a May 20 1860 ambrotype of Lincoln two days following his nomination for president, Washington has had a significant African American population since the city's foundation. African American residents composed about 30% of the District's total population between 1800 and 1940 the black population reached a peak of 70% by 1970 but has since steadily declined due to many African Americans moving to the surrounding suburbs Partly as a result of gentrification there was a 31.4% increase in the non-Hispanic white population and an 11.5% decrease in the black population between 2000 and 2010. .