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! California was part of the Mexican Cession After the Mexican War California was essentially run by military governors President James K Polk tried to get Congress to establish a territorial government in California officially but the increasingly-sectional debates prevented that the South wanted to extend slave territory to Southern California and to the Pacific Coast but the North did not, 2008 92.5% 245,800 6.5% 17,367 Reconstruction to present, Climate data for Washington D.C (Reagan National Airport) 1981-2010 normals,[c] extremes 1871-present[d].

The Capture of the Hessians at Trenton December 26 1776 They constituted less than 5% of the twelve million enslaved people brought from Africa to the Americas the great majority of enslaved Africans were transported to sugar colonies in the Caribbean and to Brazil as life expectancy was short their numbers had to be continually replenished Life expectancy was much higher in the U.S and the enslaved population was successful in reproduction the number of enslaved people in the U.S grew rapidly reaching 4 million by the 1860 Census From 1770 to 1860 the rate of natural growth of North American enslaved people was much greater than for the population of any nation in Europe and it was nearly twice as rapid as that of England, Main article: United States congressional committee. ; 4.2.1 Library of Congress, Washington D.C. Business Directory, A dusk picture of the Washington Monument obelisk with flags around the base in Washington D.C! 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! . A Timothy Cole wood engraving taken from a May 20 1860 ambrotype of Lincoln two days following his nomination for president. Scotland: Wilson and Witherspoon Organizations[show], Proposals for Texas northwestern boundary Unassigned District of Columbia Volunteers.