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; Of all the detestable places Washington is first Crowd heat bad quarters bad fair [fare] bad smells mosquitos and a plague of flies transcending everything within my experience. Beelzebub surely reigns here and Willard's Hotel is his temple, A new federal city was then constructed on the north bank of the Potomac to the east of Georgetown On September 9 1791 the three commissioners overseeing the capital's construction named the city in honor of President Washington the federal district was named Columbia (a feminine form of "Columbus") which was a poetic name for the United States commonly in use at that time. Congress held its first session in Washington on November 17 1800. ! The continuation of state-established religion The Australian Parliament opened in the small town of Canberra in 1927 as a compromise between the largest cities Sydney and Melbourne.

Distribution of slaveholders Lincoln and his political advisers manipulated his image and background....Sometimes he appeared as a straight-shooting plain-talking common-sense-wielding man of the people His image as the "Rail Splitter" dates from this era His supporters also portrayed him as "Honest Abe," the country fellow who was simply dressed and not especially polished or formal in his manner but who was as honest and trustworthy as his legs were long Even Lincoln's tall gangly frame was used to good advantage during the campaign as many drawings and posters show the candidates sprinting past his vertically challenged rivals at other times Lincoln appeared as a sophisticated thoughtful articulate "presidential" candidate! In mid-1779 Washington attacked Iroquois warriors of the Six Nations in order to force Britain's Indian allies out of New York from which they had assaulted New England towns the Indian warriors joined with Tory rangers led by Walter Butler and viciously slew more than 200 frontiersmen in June laying waste to the Wyoming Valley in Pennsylvania in response Washington ordered General John Sullivan to lead an expedition to effect "the total destruction and devastation" of Iroquois villages and take their women and children hostage Those who managed to escape fled to Canada. . . Washington D.C. Business Directory Washington forced the British out of Boston in the spring of 1776 and neither the British nor the Loyalists controlled any significant areas the British however were massing forces at their naval base at Halifax Nova Scotia They returned in force in July 1776 landing in New York and defeating Washington's Continental Army in August at the Battle of Brooklyn Following that victory they requested a meeting with representatives from Congress to negotiate an end to hostilities. . . !