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." -ТOBIAS 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 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. [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. His birth, in Westmoreland county, Virginia. shipman's warrant, in the British navy. Mar... Surveyor of Lord Fairfax's lands on the Potomac Feb. 22. 1746 14 1748 16 1751 19 1751 19 Sept. Commander-in-chief of the Virginia forces. Ile resigned his commission. Ilis marriage. Member of the Virginia House of Commissioner for settling the military accounts of His tour to the Ohio and Great Kenawha rivers. at issue between Great Britain and the Colonies. 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. .. 1796 64 His inauguration, at New York. Death of his mother, at the age of 82 years. His tour through the Eastern States. Mar. 4. President, for a second term. M. Genet, Minister from France to the United Sept. 17. His Farewell Address to the people of the United INDEX. A. Abbey, Dryburgh, 338. CONTRACTION: W., for Washington. Abolition of slavery, see Slavery. Accommodation, Spirit of, 63. 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, 1:5. Army. Agents of civil power, 152. A |