In 1751 Washington made his only trip abroad when he accompanied Lawrence to Barbados hoping that the climate would cure his brother's tuberculosis. Washington contracted smallpox during that trip which immunized him but left his face slightly scarred. Lawrence died in 1752 and Washington leased Mount Vernon from his widow; he inherited it outright after her death in 1761, Further information: Presidency of James K Polk 3.1 Challenges in Mexico Pepco is the city's electric utility and services 793,000 customers in the District and suburban Maryland an 1889 law prohibits overhead wires within much of the historic City of Washington As a result all power lines and telecommunication cables are located underground in downtown Washington and traffic signals are placed at the edge of the street a plan announced in 2013 would bury an additional 60 miles (97 km) of primary power lines throughout the District. . There is no record of early settlers having observed marine mammals in the Potomac but several sightings of Atlantic Bottle-nosed Dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) were reported during the 19th century in July 1844 a pod of 14 adults and young was followed up the river by men in boats as high as the Aqueduct Bridge (approximately the same location occupied by Key Bridge today). The original intention of the Residence Act was to use proceeds from selling lots in the District to cover costs of constructing federal buildings in the capital However few were interested in purchasing lots a shortage of funds further contributed to the delays and problems in building the Capitol and other federal buildings in Washington. ! The National Gallery of Art is on the National Mall near the Capitol and features works of American and European art the gallery and its collections are owned by the U.S government but are not a part of the Smithsonian Institution the National Building Museum which occupies the former Pension Building near Judiciary Square was chartered by Congress and hosts exhibits on architecture urban planning and design. 3.2 Youth and longevity, CSA 13 External links, Democratic Representative David Wilmot introduced the Wilmot Proviso which would prohibit slavery in new territory acquired from Mexico Wilmot's proposal passed the House but not the Senate and it spurred further hostility between the factions.[citation needed].
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