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Further information: New York and New Jersey campaign Staten Island Peace Conference Saratoga campaign and Philadelphia campaign The Old Brick Capitol serving as a prison during the Civil War. Canberra Australia (1927) As Grant continued to attrit Lee's forces efforts to discuss peace began Confederate Vice President Stephens led a group to meet with Lincoln Seward and others at Hampton Roads Lincoln refused to allow any negotiation with the Confederacy as a coequal; his sole objective was an agreement to end the fighting and the meetings produced no results.:565 On April 1 1865 Grant nearly encircled Petersburg the Confederate government evacuated and the city fell Lincoln visited the conquered capital On April 9 Lee surrendered to Grant at Appomattox officially ending the war.:589, the American Civil War, The remaining rural territory within the district belonged either to Alexandria County D.C (district land west of the Potomac outside the City of Alexandria formerly in Virginia) or to Washington County D.C (the unincorporated east side formerly in Maryland plus islands and riverbed) Both counties operated with boards of commissioners for county-level government functions Both counties were governed by levy courts made of providentially appointed Justices of the Peace Prior to 1812 the levy courts had a number of members defined by the President but after that Washington County had 7 members in 1848 the Washington County levy court was expanded to 11 members and in 1863 that was reduced by two to nine members. . Originally Washington had planned to retire after his first term while many Americans could not imagine anyone else taking his place. After nearly four years as President and dealing with the infighting in his own cabinet and with partisan critics Washington showed little enthusiasm in running for a second term while Martha also wanted him not to run. James Madison urged him not to retire that his absence would only allow the dangerous political rift in his cabinet and in the House to worsen Jefferson also pleaded with him not to retire and agreed to drop his attacks on Hamilton or he would also retire if Washington did. Hamilton maintained that Washington's absence would be "deplored as the greatest evil" to the country at this time. During this time Washington's close nephew George Augustine Washington his manager at Mount Vernon was critically ill and had to be replaced further increasing Washington's desire to retire and return to Mount Vernon. The Virginia Slave codes of 1705 further defined as slaves those people imported from nations that were not Christian Native Americans who were sold to colonists by other Native Americans (from rival tribes) or captured by Europeans during village raids were also defined as slaves. This codified the earlier principle of non-Christian foreigner enslavement. . A large crowd in front of a large building with many pillars Main articles: Abraham Lincoln and slavery and Emancipation Proclamation!

10.1 Abolition and emancipation By the 1980s the original design featuring mobile lounges to meet each plane was no longer well-suited to Dulles' role as a hub airport Instead midfield concourses were added to allow passengers to walk between connecting flights without visiting the main terminal Mobile lounges were still used for international flights and to transport passengers between the midfield concourses and the main terminal an underground tunnel (consisting of a passenger walkway and moving sidewalks) which links the main terminal and Concourse B was opened in 2004 the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority (MWAA) began a renovation program for the airport including a new security mezzanine with more room for lines. . . See also: Second Battle of Tabasco Anti-slavery elements fought for the exclusion of slavery from any territory absorbed by the U.S in 1847 the House of Representatives passed the Wilmot Proviso stipulating that none of the territory acquired should be open to slavery the Senate avoided the issue and a late attempt to add it to the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo was defeated.[by whom?]. 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.