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. . . 7.5 Tidal Potomac River A political cartoon of Vice President Andrew Johnson (a former tailor) and Lincoln 1865 entitled the 'Rail Splitter' at Work Repairing the Union the caption reads (Johnson): "Take it quietly Uncle Abe and I will draw it closer than ever." (Lincoln): "A few more stitches Andy and the good old Union will be mended.". Overview of the United States legislative process as explained by the Library of Congress, The newly restructured District government provided for a governor appointed by the President for a 4-year term with an 11-member council also appointed by the President a locally elected 22-member assembly and a five-man Board of Public Works charged with modernizing the city the first vice-chair of that Board of Public Works was real-estate developer Alexander Robey Shepherd the architect and proponent of the consolidating legislation From September 1873 to June 1874 Shepherd would serve as the second and final governor of the District; See also: List of parochial and private schools in Washington D.C, Further information: Western theater of the American Revolutionary War, Passage Slaves shipped to those regions that are part of the present-day United States. The replacement for the importation of slaves from abroad was increased domestic production Virginia and Maryland had little new agricultural development and their need for slaves was mostly for replacements for decedents Normal reproduction more than supplied these: Virginia and Maryland had surpluses of slaves Their tobacco farms were "worn out" and the climate was not suitable for cotton or sugar cane the surplus was even greater because slaves were encouraged to reproduce (though they could not marry) the white supremacist Virginian Thomas Roderick Dew wrote in 1832 that Virginia was a "negro-raising state"; i.e Virginia "produced" slaves.:2. Main article: Emancipation Proclamation John Adams concluded in 1818: The British army under Cornwallis marched to Yorktown Virginia where they expected to be rescued by a British fleet the fleet did arrive but so did a larger French fleet the French were victorious in the Battle of the Chesapeake and the British fleet returned to New York for reinforcements leaving Cornwallis trapped in October 1781 the British surrendered their second invading army of the war under a siege by the combined French and Continental armies commanded by Washington.

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