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THBDec. 23, 1799 - THE CONNECTICUT COURANT Reports: GEORGE WASHINGTON Is No More.
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Historic Americana
December 23, 1799 "GEORGE WASHINGTON Is No More." The Death of George Washington Newspaper Report
December 23, 1799-Dated Federal Period, Newspaper, "THE CONNECTICUT COURANT," with an early notice of the Death of George Washington, and contains other great historical content, 4 pages, Complete, Choice Very Fine.
Monday, December 23, 1799-Dated issue, having a (last minute) added notice in this original Newspaper on the lower portion of page 3 stating that George Washington "is no more" he has died. This information came from a member of the Congress, dated December 18th. This is one of the very first printed notices that George Washington has died. This Newspaper has an "American Eagle" Illustrated column, with a headline about Treaties with the Indians of the United States, which takes up almost all of the last page of the newspaper, and is Signed in Print by "JOHN ADAMS, President of the United States". This Treaty has 21 sections, and is fully detailed. It forbids White men from doing business with the Indians, and they are not to buy any horses or do trade. Also, no Americans are to be allowed North of the Ohio into Indian Country, without a valid pass from the Governor. Any Indian or Indians who come across the border and raid the citizens, they in turn have a right to go after them.
In addition, there is a letter to the President from both Houses of Congress thanking John Adams for his address to the Joint Session of Congress, and thanking him for crushing the REBELLION IN PENNSYLVANIA. There are some minor binding holes within the blank spine where it was disbound. A nice clean looking and complete 4 page newspaper, printed in deep black text on blue period wove paper, having no major defects. Among the nicest quality examples we have offered of this very historic, original Newspaper which reports: "GEORGE WASHINGTON Is No More."
On December 12, 1799, George Washington spent several hours inspecting his farms on horseback, in snow and later hail and freezing rain. He sat down to dine that evening without changing his wet clothes. The next morning, he awoke with a bad cold, fever, and a throat infection called quinsy that turned into acute laryngitis and pneumonia. Washington died on the evening of December 14, 1799, at his home aged 67, while attended by Dr. James Craik, one of his closest friends, Dr. Gustavus Richard Brown, Dr. Elisha C. Dick, and Tobias Lear V, Washington's personal secretary.
Tobias Lear would record the account in his journal, writing that Washington's last words were "'Tis well." Modern doctors believe that Washington died largely because of his treatment, which included calomel and bloodletting, resulting in a combination of shock from the loss of five pints of blood, as well as asphyxia and dehydration
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