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The source of the North Branch Potomac River is at the Fairfax Stone located at the junction of Grant Tucker and Preston counties in West Virginia. 3.2 Cargo The British intended to burn the building to the ground They set fire to the southern wing first the flames grew so quickly that the British were prevented from collecting enough wood to burn the stone walls completely However the Library of Congress's contents in the northern wing contributed to the flames on that side. Among the items destroyed was the 3,000-volume collection of the Library of Congress and the intricate decorations of the neoclassical columns pediments and sculptures Later though former president Thomas Jefferson donated his personal book collection to start a new Library of Congress, originally designed by William Thornton in 1793 and Benjamin Latrobe in 1803 the wooden ceilings and floors burned and the glass skylights melted because of the intense heat. But the building was not a complete loss the House rotunda the east lobby the staircases and Latrobe's famous Corn-Cob Columns in the Senate entrance hall all survived the Superintendent of the Public Buildings of the City of Washington Thomas Munroe concluded that the loss to the Capitol amounted to $787,163.28 with $457,388.36 for the North wing and main building and $329,774.92 for the South wing. .

A Bureau of Engraving and Printing portrait of Hamilton as Secretary of the Treasury; Battle of Long Island The Founding Fathers were strong advocates of republican values particularly Samuel Adams Patrick Henry John Adams Benjamin Franklin Thomas Jefferson Thomas Paine George Washington James Madison and Alexander Hamilton, which required men to put civic duty ahead of their personal desires Men had a civic duty to be prepared and willing to fight for the rights and liberties of their countrymen John Adams wrote to Mercy Otis Warren in 1776 agreeing with some classical Greek and Roman thinkers: "Public Virtue cannot exist without private and public Virtue is the only Foundation of Republics." He continued:.