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.t

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

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."-TOBIAS 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.

about me. Let me go off quietly. I cannot last long.

6 P. M.

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.

دو

[Mrs. Washington was at the bedside, where she had often been แ 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.

EVENTS.

Mar..

Sept.

Oct. 31.

July 9.

Aug. 14.

Dec...

Jan. 6.

Sept..

May 10.

June 15.

1775

43

July 3.

1776

44

Mar. 17.

Feb. 22.

Apr. 12.

Commissioner to the French on the Ohio.

Lieutenant-Colonel, for the defence of the colony of Virginia.

Aid-de-camp to General Braddock, at the battle
of Monongahela.

Commander-in-chief of the Virginia forces.
He resigned his commission.

His marriage. Member of the Virginia House of
Burgesses.

Commissioner for settling the military accounts of
the colony.

His tour to the Ohio and Great Kenawha rivers.
Member of the Virginia Conventions, on the points
at i-sue between Great Britain and the Colonies.
Member of the first Continental Congress.
Member of the second Continental Congress.
Commander-in-chief.

Commander of the army at Cambridge.
Boston evacuated by the British army.

Declaration of American Independence.
Battle of Long Island.

Dec. 26.

Battle of Trenton.

Congress invested him with dictatorial powers.
Battle of Princeton.

Battle of the Brandywine.

Battle of Germantown.

Mutiny of the Pennsylvania troops.

Surrender of Yorktown and Gloucester.
Peace proclaimed to the army.

1778

46

1779

47

1780

48

1781

48

1781

49

Oct. 19

1. 19.

Non. 2.

No. 25.

His farewell to the army

New York evacuated by the British army.
He resigned his commission.

His tour to the Western Country.

May 14. Delegate to the General Convention at Philadelphia, to form a Constitution. President of the Convention.

M. Genet, Minister from France to the United
States.

Sept. 17. His Farewell Address to the people of the United
States.

He retired to private life. Difficulties with France.
Preparations for war.

Commander-in-chief of the Armies of the United

States.

His death, at Mount Vernon.

INDEX.

CONTRACTION: W., for Washington.