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Historian Richard B Morris in 1973 identified the following seven figures as key Founding Fathers: John Adams Benjamin Franklin Alexander Hamilton John Jay Thomas Jefferson James Madison and George Washington. Jefferson Madison and Washington were slave owners Franklin Hamilton and Jay were leading opponents of slavery Adams Jefferson and Franklin were members of the Committee of Five that drafted the Declaration of Independence Hamilton Madison and Jay were authors of the Federalist Papers advocating ratification of the Constitution the constitutions drafted by Jay and Adams for their respective states of New York (1777) and Massachusetts (1780) were heavily relied upon when creating language for the U.S Constitution. Jay Adams and Franklin negotiated the Treaty of Paris (1783) that would end the American Revolutionary War. Washington was commander-in-chief of the Continental Army and was president of the Constitutional Convention All held additional important roles in the early government of the United States with Washington Adams Jefferson and Madison serving as president Jay was the nation's first chief justice Hamilton was the first secretary of the treasury and Franklin was America's most senior diplomat and later the governmental leader of Pennsylvania. Wilmot Proviso 2 Military hostilities begin, The Congress of the United States serves two distinct purposes that overlap: local representation to the federal government of a congressional district by representatives and a state's at-large representation to the federal government by senators, The following hospitals were located in the District of Columbia:. . Lincoln appointed 32 federal judges including four Associate Justices and one Chief Justice to the Supreme Court of the United States and 27 judges to the United States district courts Lincoln appointed no judges to the United States circuit courts during his time in office, Dred Scott v Sandford The Washington Navy Yard in 1862. ; South Africa: the administrative capital is Pretoria the legislative capital is Cape Town and the judicial capital is Bloemfontein This is the outcome of the compromise that created the Union of South Africa in 1910, 13.2 Organizations Airline lounges, Oliver Wolcott Connecticut 2 Yes Yes Main article: Slavery in the colonial United States. The Capture of the Hessians at Trenton December 26 1776 Gouverneur Morris had been a member of the New York Provincial Congress, In Santa Fe Governor Manuel Armijo wanted to avoid battle but on August 9 Catholic priests Diego Archuleta (the young regular-army commander) and the young militia officers Manuel Chaves and Miguel Pino forced him to muster a defense. Armijo set up a position in Apache Canyon a narrow pass about 10 miles (16 km) southeast of the city. However on August 14 before the American army was even in view he decided not to fight (An American named James Magoffin claimed he had convinced Armijo and Archuleta to follow this course; an unverified story says he bribed Armijo.) When Pino Chaves and some of the militiamen insisted on fighting Armijo ordered the cannon pointed at them the New Mexican army retreated to Santa Fe and Armijo fled to Chihuahua; .

. . The resulting constitutions in states such as Maryland Virginia Delaware New York and Massachusetts featured:. . Samuel Holten Massachusetts 1 Yes Altered territories The Mexican Cession shown in red and the later Gadsden Purchase shown in yellow. .