. 8 Reconstruction Washington D.C. Business Directory Washington was buried in the old Washington family vault at Mount Vernon situated on a grassy slope overspread with willow juniper cypress and chestnut trees it contained the remains of his brother Lawrence and other family members but the decrepit brick vault was in need of repair prompting Washington to leave instructions in his will for the construction of a new vault. Washington's estate at the time of his death was worth an estimated $780,000 in 1799 the value of his estate in 2010 would have been worth $14.3 million.
. Washington D.C citizens alone among U.S territories have the right to directly vote for the President of the United States although the Democratic and Republican political parties nominate their presidential candidates at national conventions which include delegates from the five major territories, At the same time the British were transporting Loyalists and their slaves primarily to the Caribbean but some to Nova Scotia for example over 5,000 enslaved Africans owned by Loyalists were transported in 1782 with their owners from Savannah to Jamaica and St Augustine Florida (then controlled by Britain) Similarly over half of the black people evacuated in 1782 from Charleston by the British to the West Indies and Florida were slaves owned by white Loyalists. . Washington D.C. Business Directory Mammals of the Potomac River Basin Terminals Eastman Johnson's 1863 painting "The Lord is My Shepherd". 2.4 Occupations Punjab and Haryana: Both states share Chandigarh as their capital city the city itself is administered as a Union territory, The Capitol reconstruction took much longer than anticipated the Old Brick Capitol took only five months to complete; the Capitol took twelve years a committee appointed by Congress to investigate the damage to the District concluded that it was cheaper to rebuild the already existing and damaged buildings than to build an entirely new one. On February 13 1815 President Madison and Congress passed legislation to borrow $500,000 to repair the public buildings including the Capitol "on their present sites in the city of Washington". Benjamin Latrobe architect of the Capitol who took over for William Thornton in 1803 was rehired to repair the building on April 18 1815. He immediately requested 60,000 feet of boards 500 tons of stone 1,000 barrels of lime and brick. With the $500,000 borrowed from Washington banks, Latrobe was able to rebuild the two wings and the central dome before being fired in 1818 for being difficult. Charles Bulfinch took over and officially completed the renovations by 1826. Bulfinch modified Latrobe's design by increasing the height of the Capitol dome to match the diameter of 86 ft With the reconstruction of the public buildings in Washington the value of land in the area increased dramatically paving the way for the expansion of the city that developed in the years leading up to the American Civil War, Aside from the disposition of the territories other issues had risen to prominence during the Taylor years the Washington D.C slave trade angered many in the North who viewed the presence of slavery in the capital as a blemish on the nation Disputes around fugitive slaves had grown since 1830 in part due to improving means of transportation as escaped slaves used roads railroads and ships to escape the Fugitive Slave Act of 1793 had granted jurisdiction to all state and federal judges over cases regarding fugitive slaves but several Northern states dissatisfied by the lack of due process in these cases had passed personal liberty laws that made it more difficult to return alleged fugitive slaves to the South. Congress also faced the issue of Utah which like California and New Mexico had been ceded by Mexico Utah was inhabited largely by Mormons whose practice of polygamy was unpopular in the United States. Slave sale Charleston 1856 The civil engineering firm Ammann and Whitney was named lead contractor the airport was dedicated by President John F Kennedy and Eisenhower on November 17 1962 as originally opened the airport had three runways (current day runways 1C/19C 1R/19L and 12/30) Its original name Dulles International Airport was changed in 1984 to Washington Dulles International Airport. .
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