letters and papers. Arrange my accounts, and settle my books, as you know more about them than any one else; and let Mr. Rawlins finish recording my other letters, which he has begun.* I am afraid I fatigue you too much.† Well, it is a debt we must pay to each other; and I hope, when you want aid of this kind, you will find it. Doctor, I die hard, but I am not afraid to go. I believed, from my first attack, that I should not survive it. My breath cannot last long. 5 P. M. I feel myself going. I thank you || for your attention. But I pray you to take no more trouble about me. Let me go off quietly. I cannot last long. * "He then asked, if I recollected any thing which it was essential for him to do, as he had but a very short time to continue with us. I told him, that I could recollect nothing, but that I hoped he was not so near his end. He observed, smiling, that he certainly was, and that, as it was the debt which we must all pay, he looked to the event with perfect resignation." - ТоBIAS LEAR. ↑ "In the course of the afternoon, (Saturday,) he appeared to be in great pain and distress, from the difficulty of breathing, and frequently changed his posture in the bed. On these occasions, I lay upon the bed and endeavored to raise him, and turn him with as much ease as possible. He appeared penetrated with gratitude for my attentions." TOBIAS LEAR. † Dr. Craik, his family physician. || The three physicians at his bedside, Dr. Craik, Dr. Dick, and Dr. Brown. 6 Р. М. I am just going. Have me decently buried. And do not let my body be put into the vault, in less than three days after I am dead. Do you understand me? [Addressing Mr. Lear.] [Upon Mr. Lear's replying, Yes, he added,] 'Tis well. 10 P. M. [Mrs. Washington was at the bedside, where she had often been "seen kneeling" with "her head resting upon the Bible;" Mr. Lear and Dr. Craik were leaning over the bed; and four of the domestics were in the room. "He raised himself up, and casting a look of benignity on all around him, as if to thank them for their kindly attention, he composed his limbs, closed his eyes, and, folding his arms upon his bosom," expired, saying,] FATHER OF MERCIES, TAKE ME TO THYSELF. PRINCIPAL EVENTS IN THE LIFE OF WASHINGTON. EVENTS. Feb. 22. Apr. 12. His birth, in Westmoreland county, Virginia. river. Sept. Oct. 31. July 9. Aug. 14. Dec. Jan. 6. .. Sept... May 10. June 15. 1775 43 July 3. 1776 44 Mar. 17. Mar... Surveyor of Lord Fairfax's lands on the Potomac Military Inspector, with the rank of Major, to protect the frontiers of Virginia against the French and Indians. He sailed for Barbadoes, with his brother Law Commissioner for settling the military accounts of the colony. His tour to the Ohio and Great Kenawha rivers. Member of the first Continental Congress. Commander of the army at Cambridge. Boston evacuated by the British army. Declaration of American Independence. Battle of Long Island. Battle of Trenton. Congress invested him with dictatorial powers. Battle of Princeton. Battle of Germantown. HIS YEARS. AGE. 1778 46 1780 48 1781 48 1781 49 Oct. 19 1753 51 1/. 19. 1783 51 Non. 2. 1783 51 No. 25. 1783 51 Des. 23. 1784 52 .. Mutiny of the Pennsylvania troops. Surrender of Yorktown and Gloucester. Peace proclaimed to the army. His farewell to the army New York evacuated by the British army. He resigned his commission. His tour to the Western Country. Delegate to the General Convention at Philadelphia, to form a Constitution. President of the Convention. President of the United States. His inauguration, at New York. Death of his mother, at the age of 82 years. His tour through the Eastern States. His tour through the Southern States. President, for a second term. M. Genet, Minister from France to the United Sept. 17. His Farewell Address to the people of the United He retired to private life. Difficulties with France. A. Abbey, Dryburgh, 338. Abolition of slavery, see Slavery. Accommodation, Spirit of, 63. Adams, John, President; his tributes to Address, Inaugural, of W., 355. Advice, friendly, 239. American. The common name of all Americans. Their influence on other na- Ames, Fisher. His tributes to W., 267, Amity, and concession, 247. Aged, infirm, and infant slaves. 259. André, Major John, 251. His tribute to Fund for them, 261. Agents, Indian, 207. Agreeable recollections, 302. Agreements, 313. Agriculture, 83, 132. Its importance, Alexander, the Great, 396. Alexandria, in Virginia, 242. Academy Alliances, Foreign, 91. Permanent Na- Ally, excessive confidence in, 218. W., 334. Antidote to slanders, 320. Antipathies, national, 93. Appeal to the archives of Congress, 328. Arbitrary power, 20. Archives, appeal to, 328. Armies, God of, 349. Of the United Arming slaves. 15. Army. Agents of civil power, 152. A |