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Washington's first term was largely devoted to economic concerns in which Hamilton had devised various plans to address matters the establishment of public credit became a primary challenge for the federal government. Hamilton submitted a report to a deadlocked Congress and he Madison and Jefferson reached the Compromise of 1790 in which Jefferson agreed to Hamilton's debt proposals in exchange for moving the nation's capital temporarily to Philadelphia and then south near Georgetown on the Potomac River the terms were legislated in the Funding Act of 1790 and the Residence Act both of which Washington signed into law Congress authorized the assumption and payment of the nation's debts with funding provided by customs duties and excise taxes, The most famous group of deserters from the U S Army was the Saint Patrick's Battalion or (San Patricios) composed primarily of several hundred immigrant soldiers the majority Catholic Irish and German immigrants who deserted the U.S Army because of ill-treatment or sympathetic leanings to fellow Mexican Catholics and joined the Mexican army the battalion also included Canadians English French Italians Poles Scots Spaniards Swiss and Mexican people many of whom were members of the Catholic Church, Although the legislation did not specify an exact location it was assumed that Georgetown would be the capital Washington began scouting the area to the southeast of Georgetown near the Anacostia River (Eastern Branch) Some of the property owners expressed to the President that they were willing to sell land for the capital Washington also looked at other sites along the Potomac He decided that a few sites should be surveyed to provide specific details about the land and its ownership Washington returned to Philadelphia in late November 1790 to meet with Jefferson at this time the decision was reached to locate the capital at or adjacent to Georgetown, which was a short distance below the Fall Line and the farthest inland point for navigation.[citation needed]. .
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