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in 1860 the mayor of New York City was a Democrat named Fernando Wood. Wood was planning to take the city out of the Unionto form an independent city-state called Tri-Insula. This was because the city's economy depended heavily on the cotton trade that was now interrupted because of Lincoln's election. The City's large Catholic population had additional reasons to distrust Lincoln because his incoming administration included individuals that were hostile to their religion.

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