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Part of a series on Washington D.C. Business Directory 4.1 Committee assignments 3.1.3 Implied powers and the commerce clause 2 Origins When the SR-71 was retired by the military in 1990 one was flown from its birthplace at United States Air Force Plant 42 in Palmdale California to Dulles setting a coast-to-coast speed record at an average 2,124 mph (3,418 km/h) the trip took 64 minutes the aircraft was placed in a storage building to await display; . During the War of 1812 British Royal Navy commanders of the blockading fleet based at the Bermuda dockyard were instructed to offer freedom to defecting American slaves as the Crown had during the Revolutionary War Thousands of escaped slaves went over to the Crown with their families Men were recruited into the Corps of Colonial Marines on occupied Tangier Island in the Chesapeake Bay. The Virginia Regiment was reconstituted in August 1755 and Dinwiddie appointed Washington its commander again with the colonial rank of colonel Washington clashed over seniority almost immediately this time with John Dagworthy another captain of superior royal rank who commanded a detachment of Marylanders at the regiment's headquarters in Fort Cumberland. Washington impatient for an offensive against Fort Duquesne was convinced Braddock would have granted him a royal commission and pressed his case in February 1756 with Braddock's successor William Shirley and again in January 1757 with Shirley's successor Lord Loudoun Shirley ruled in Washington's favor only in the matter of Dagworthy; Loudoun humiliated Washington refused him a royal commission and agreed only to relieve him of the responsibility of manning Fort Cumberland, When the election of 1792 neared Washington did not publicly announce his presidential candidacy but silently consented to run to prevent a further political-personal rift in his cabinet the Electoral College unanimously elected him president on February 13 1793 and John Adams as vice president by a vote of 77 to 50. Washington with nominal fanfare arrived alone at his inauguration in his carriage Sworn into office by Associate Justice William Cushing on March 4 1793 in the Senate Chamber of Congress Hall in Philadelphia Washington gave a brief address and then immediately retired to his Philadelphia presidential house weary of office and in poor health, See also: List of National Historic Landmarks in Washington D.C.; National Register of Historic Places listings in Washington D.C.; and List of museums in Washington D.C.

Join or Die by Benjamin Franklin was recycled to encourage the former colonies to unite against British rule. 7.1 1860 presidential election 2.4 Occupations A Bureau of Engraving and Printing portrait of Hamilton as Secretary of the Treasury, Underground Railroad The National Archives houses thousands of documents important to American history including the Declaration of Independence the Constitution and the Bill of Rights. Located in three buildings on Capitol Hill the Library of Congress is the largest library complex in the world with a collection of over 147 million books manuscripts and other materials the United States Supreme Court Building was completed in 1935; before then the court held sessions in the Old Senate Chamber of the Capitol. . The city was defended by Mexican General Juan Morales with 3,400 men Mortars and naval guns under Commodore Matthew C Perry were used to reduce the city walls and harass defenders After a bombardment on March 24 1847 the walls of Veracruz had a thirty-foot gap the city replied the best it could with its own artillery the effect of the extended barrage destroyed the will of the Mexican side to fight against a numerically superior force and they surrendered the city after 12 days under siege U.S troops suffered 80 casualties while the Mexican side had around 180 killed and wounded while hundreds of civilians were killed. During the siege the U.S side began to fall victim to yellow fever, 15.4 Historiography Missouri Compromise Ideology behind the Revolution Caesar Rodney Delaware 2 Yes Yes 6.8.3 Pause at Puebla.