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Book/Printed Material Last words of General Washington

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About this Item

Title

  • Last words of General Washington

Names

  • Lear, Tobias, 1762-1816
  • YA Pamphlet Collection (Library of Congress)
  • Joseph Meredith Toner Collection (Library of Congress)

Created / Published

  • [Philadelphia, 1892]

Headings

  • -  Washington, George,--1732-1799--Death and burial

Notes

  • -  Cover title.
  • -  Caption: The following circumstantial account of the last illness and death of General Washington was noted by T. Lear, on the Sunday following his death, which happened on Saturday evening, Dec. 14, 1779 [!] between the hours of ten and eleven.
  • -  Also available in digital form.
  • -  LAC scc 2020-03-13 update (1 card)

Medium

  • 7 p. 26 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • E312.3 .L43
  • YA 18790

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 04035825

OCLC Number

  • 8090361

Online Format

  • online text
  • image
  • pdf

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Chicago citation style:

Lear, Tobias, Ya Pamphlet Collection, and Joseph Meredith Toner Collection. Last words of General Washington. [Philadelphia, 1892] Pdf. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/04035825/.

APA citation style:

Lear, T., Ya Pamphlet Collection & Joseph Meredith Toner Collection. (1892) Last words of General Washington. [Philadelphia] [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/04035825/.

MLA citation style:

Lear, Tobias, Ya Pamphlet Collection, and Joseph Meredith Toner Collection. Last words of General Washington. [Philadelphia, 1892] Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/04035825/>.