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Abuja Nigeria (1991) Joseph Galloway Pennsylvania 1 Yes A slave auction 1853 During the Spanish colonial era the Californias (i.e. the Baja California peninsula and Alta California) were sparsely settled After Mexico became independent it shut down the missions and reduced its military presence in 1842 the US minister in Mexico Waddy Thompson Jr suggested Mexico might be willing to cede Alta California to settle debts saying: "As to Texas I regard it as of very little value compared with California the richest the most beautiful and the healthiest country in the world . with the acquisition of Upper California we should have the same ascendency on the Pacific . France and England both have had their eyes upon it."[citation needed]. Washington was born into a world that largely used slavery and accepted the practice without question. He owned and worked African slaves throughout his adult life the socio-economic life of colonial Virginia largely depended on slave labor while Washington initially held no moral opposition towards the institution and viewed slave workers as human property. However during Washington's day many patriots recognized the gap between the ideals of liberty and slavery as expressed by his close friends Lafayette and Hamilton leading to his apparent and gradual disapproval of the institution beginning in the American Revolution Washington inherited Mount Vernon a "substantial agriculture estate" that consisted of five farms. He also inherited his first 10 to 12 slaves from his father and later obtained them from various family members and by marriage. Washington while president publicly kept silent on slavery believing that it was a nationally divisive issue that could destroy the union. His views on slavery were private complex and gradually evolved, The size of a congressional pension depends on the years of service and the average of the highest three years of their salary by law the starting amount of a member's retirement annuity may not exceed 80% of their final salary in 2006 the average annual pension for retired senators and representatives under the Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) was $60,972 while those who retired under FERS or in combination with CSRS was $35,952, Uttarakhand: Dehradun is the administrative and legislative capital while the high court is located in Nainital; Gradual emancipation in New York (starting 1799) and New Jersey (starting 1804) In 1772 it became known that the Crown intended to pay fixed salaries to the governors and judges in Massachusetts which had been paid by local authorities This would reduce the influence of colonial representatives over their government Samuel Adams in Boston set about creating new Committees of Correspondence which linked Patriots in all 13 colonies and eventually provided the framework for a rebel government Virginia the largest colony set up its Committee of Correspondence in early 1773 on which Patrick Henry and Thomas Jefferson served. Sunset over the Potomac near Mount Vernon, 5.2.2 Noted collections of the Founding Fathers, Secession of Southern States Demobilization and resignation. . .

See also: Proslavery and Fire-Eaters, Creating new state constitutions, Washington D.C. Business Directory. ; Sexual economy of American slavery Washington D.C. Business Directory Events leading to The Lincoln Cabinet. Washington grew restless in retirement prompted by tensions with France and he wrote to Secretary of War James McHenry offering to organize President Adams' army. In a continuation of the French Revolutionary Wars French privateers began seizing American ships in 1798 and relations deteriorated with France and led to the "Quasi-War" Without consulting Washington Adams nominated him for a lieutenant general commission on July 4 1798 and the position of commander-in-chief of the armies. Washington chose to accept replacing James Wilkinson and he served as the commanding general from July 13 1798 until his death 17 months later He participated in planning for a provisional army but he avoided involvement in details in advising McHenry of potential officers for the army he appeared to make a complete break with Jefferson's Democratic-Republicans: "you could as soon scrub the blackamoor white as to change the principles of a profest Democrat; and that he will leave nothing unattempted to overturn the government of this country." Washington delegated the active leadership of the army to Hamilton a major general No army invaded the United States during this period and Washington did not assume a field command. In 1755 Washington served voluntarily as an aide to General Edward Braddock who led a British expedition to expel the French from Fort Duquesne and the Ohio Country. On Washington's recommendation Braddock split the army into one main column and a lightly equipped "flying column". Suffering from a severe case of dysentery Washington was left behind and when he rejoined Braddock at Monongahela the French and their Indian allies ambushed the divided army the British suffered two-thirds casualties including the mortally wounded Braddock Under the command of Lieutenant Colonel Thomas Gage Washington still very ill rallied the survivors and formed a rear guard which allowed the remnants of the force to disengage and retreat. During the engagement he had two horses shot from under him and his hat and coat were bullet-pierced. His conduct under fire redeemed his reputation among critics of his command in the Battle of Fort Necessity, but he was not included by the succeeding commander Colonel Thomas Dunbar in planning subsequent operations, Samuel Chase Maryland 2 Yes Yes Crossing the Delaware Trenton and Princeton, When Jefferson ran into Hamilton at President Washington's residence in New York City in late June 1790 Jefferson offered to host a dinner to bring Madison and Hamilton together Subsequently a compromise was reached in which the northern delegates would agree to the southerly Potomac River site and in return the federal government would assume debts accumulated by the states during the American Revolutionary War Jefferson wrote a letter to James Monroe explaining the compromise. .