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Jay Thomas Mifflin and Nathaniel Gorham had served as president of the Continental Congress, There are 1,500 miles (2,400 km) of streets parkways and avenues in the District. Due to the freeway revolts of the 1960s much of the proposed interstate highway system through the middle of Washington was never built Interstate 95 (I-95) the nation's major east coast highway therefore bends around the District to form the eastern portion of the Capital Beltway a portion of the proposed highway funding was directed to the region's public transportation infrastructure instead the interstate highways that continue into Washington including I-66 and I-395 both terminate shortly after entering the city, The United States delegation at the 1783 Treaty of Paris included John Jay John Adams Benjamin Franklin Henry Laurens and William Temple Franklin Here they are depicted by Benjamin West in his American Commissioners of the Preliminary Peace Agreement with Great Britain the British delegation refused to pose and the painting was never completed; On November 13 2007 the Potomac Conservancy an environmental group issued the river a grade of "D-plus" citing high levels of pollution and the reports of "intersex" fish. Since then the river has improved with a reduction in nutrient runoff return of fish populations and land protection along the river As a result the same group issued a grade of "B" for 2017 and 2018 in March 2019 the Potomac Riverkeeper Network launched a laboratory boat dubbed the "Sea Dog" which will be monitoring water quality in the Potomac and providing reports to the public on a weekly basis; in that same month the catching near Fletcher's Boat House of a Striped Bass estimated to weigh 35 lbs was seen as a further indicator of the continuing improvement in the health of the river; Star of the West Seven men wearing suits posing for a group picture, 4 Hospitals 10.1 France and Spain In late 1778 General Clinton shipped 3,000 troops from New York to Georgia and launched a Southern invasion against Savannah reinforced by 2,000 British and Loyalist troops They repelled an attack by Patriots and French naval forces which bolstered the British war effort! . .

Private universities include American University (AU) the Catholic University of America (CUA) Gallaudet University George Washington University (GW) Georgetown University (GU) Howard University (HU) the Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) and Trinity Washington University the Corcoran College of Art and Design the oldest arts school in the capital was absorbed into the George Washington University in 2014 now serving as its college of arts. 5.2 Public transportation France: the French constitution does not recognise any capital city in France by law Paris is the seat of both houses of Parliament (the National Assembly and the Senate) but their joint congresses are held at the Palace of Versailles in case of emergency the seat of the constitutional powers can be transferred to another town in order for the Houses of Parliament to sit in the same location as the President and Cabinet, 5 Washington D.C during the later stages of the War. John Hancock president of the Continental Congress renowned for his large and stylish signature on the United States Declaration of Independence! The Patowmack Canal was intended by George Washington to connect the Tidewater region near Georgetown with Cumberland Maryland Started in 1785 on the Virginia side of the river it was not completed until 1802 Financial troubles led to the closure of the canal in 1830 the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal operated along the banks of the Potomac in Maryland from 1831 to 1924 and also connected Cumberland to Washington D.C. This allowed freight to be transported around the rapids known as the Great Falls of the Potomac River as well as many other smaller rapids, The Emancipation Proclamation issued on September 22 1862 with effect on January 1 1863 declared free the slaves in 10 states not then under Union control with exemptions specified for areas under Union control in two states.:364 379 Lincoln spent the next 100 days preparing the army and the nation for emancipation while Democrats rallied their voters by warning of the threat that freed slaves posed to northern whites, 1840 33,745 11.5% World War II further increased government activity adding to the number of federal employees in the capital; by 1950 the District's population reached its peak of 802,178 residents; !