Lincoln the Republican won with a plurality of popular votes and a majority of electoral votes Lincoln however did not appear on the ballots of ten southern slave states Many slave owners in the South feared that the real intent of the Republicans was the abolition of slavery in states where it already existed and that the sudden emancipation of four million slaves would be disastrous for the slave owners and for the economy that drew its greatest profits from the labor of people who were not paid, 2.2 Advanced degrees and apprenticeships, 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. . Washington's army reduced to 5,400 troops retreated through New Jersey and Howe broke off pursuit delaying his advance on Philadelphia and set up winter quarters in New York. Washington crossed the Delaware River into Pennsylvania where Lee's replacement John Sullivan joined him with 2,000 more troops the future of the Continental Army was in doubt for lack of supplies a harsh winter expiring enlistments and desertions Washington was disappointed that many New Jersey residents were Loyalists or skeptical about the prospect of independence.
Farewell Address Dakar Senegal (1980 renewed 2006) The British sought out the United States Treasury in hopes of finding money or items of worth but they found only old records. They burned the United States Treasury and other public buildings the United States Department of War building was also burned However the War and State Department files had been removed so the books and records had been saved; the only records of the War Department lost were recommendations of appointments for the Army and letters received from seven years earlier the First U.S Patent Office Building was saved by the efforts of William Thornton the former Architect of the Capitol and then the Superintendent of Patents who gained British cooperation to preserve it.[A] "When the smoke cleared from the dreadful attack the Patent Office was the only Government building . left untouched" in Washington! Columbian General Hospital Washington D.C. Business Directory, 6.8.4 Advance on Mexico City and its capture. Washington D.C. Business Directory By country[show] Generals Washington and Rochambeau standing in front of HQ tent giving last orders before the attack on Yorktown. Loyalists The White House ranked second on the AIA's "List of America's Favorite Architecture", Union defenses along the Potomac near Washington DC The national debt fell into three categories after the American Revolution the first was the $12 million owed to foreigners mostly money borrowed from France There was general agreement to pay the foreign debts at full value the national government owed $40 million and state governments owed $25 million to Americans who had sold food horses and supplies to the Patriot forces There were also other debts which consisted of promissory notes issued during the war to soldiers merchants and farmers who accepted these payments on the premise that the new Constitution would create a government that would pay these debts eventually. .
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