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First Reading of the Emancipation Proclamation of President Lincoln by Francis Bicknell Carpenter (1864), Washington D.C. Business Directory Office Name Term Washington D.C. Business Directory. . When the Second Continental Congress convened on May 10 1775 it essentially reconstituted the First Congress Many of the same 56 delegates who attended the first meeting participated in the second. New arrivals included Benjamin Franklin and Robert Morris of Pennsylvania John Hancock of Massachusetts and John Witherspoon of New Jersey Hancock was elected Congress president two weeks into the session when Peyton Randolph was recalled to Virginia to preside over the House of Burgesses Thomas Jefferson replaced Randolph in the Virginia congressional delegation the second Congress adopted the Declaration of Independence Witherspoon was the only active clergyman to sign the Declaration He also signed the Articles of Confederation and attended the New Jersey (1787) convention that ratified the Federal Constitution, Patients in Ward K at the Armory Square General Hospital, Good public policy Legislators who "burnish a reputation for policy expertise and leadership". The Bear Springs Treaty ended a large scale insurrection by the Ute Zuni Moquis and Navajo tribes. After the successful conquest of New Mexico American troops moved into modern-day northwest Mexico, 5.2 Prices of slaves Fugitive slave clause, "A positive good" Kitzmiller Hancock Williamsport Shepherdstown. 9.4 Patriots Crittenden Compromise Abraham Clark New Jersey 1 Yes, Washington D.C. Business Directory, John Wentworth Jr. New Hampshire 1 Yes. A group of men sitting at a table as another man creates money on a wooden machine. 6.3 1860 presidential election Politics 8.2 National debt Palmas Tocantins Brazil (1989), 1986 61.4% 79,142 32.8% 42,354 The sappers and miners of the Corps of Royal Engineers under Captain Blanshard were employed in burning the principal buildings Blanshard reported that it seemed that the American President was so sure that the attacking force would be made prisoners that a handsome entertainment had been prepared Blanshard and his sappers enjoyed the feast.:358. 14.1 History of slavery in individual states and territories 9.1 Effect on the American Civil War As a respected military hero and large landowner Washington held local offices and was elected to the Virginia provincial legislature representing Frederick County in the House of Burgesses for seven years beginning in 1758. He plied the voters with beer brandy and other beverages although he was absent while serving on the Forbes Expedition. He won election with roughly 40 percent of the vote defeating three other candidates with the help of several local supporters He rarely spoke in his early legislative career but he became a prominent critic of Britain's taxation and mercantilist policies in the 1760s.