[Washington, George] Death and Funeral of Washington - Two Newspapers. Gazette of the United States, and Philadelphia Daily Advertiser Dec. 20, 1799, 4pp, all with mourning border, 20½ x 13 in. Page 3 reports on the death of George Washington. In part, "The President [John Adams], with deep affliction, announces to the Navy, and to the Marines, the death of our beloved fellow citizen George Washington, Commander of our Armies, and late President of the United States…the President directs that the vessels of the Navy, in our own and in foreign ports, be put into mourning for one week, by wearing their colours half-mast high; and that the officers of the Navy and of the Marines wear crape on the left arm, below the elbow, for six months." Another small article on page 3 announces that "Mrs. Adams' Drawing room is deferred to Friday the 27th, when the Ladies are respectively requested to wear white, trimmed with black ribbon, black gloves and fans, as a token of respect to the memory of the late President of the United States. The Ladies of the general government will please to wear black." Very good.
Accompanied by the January 8, 1800 issue of the
Columbian Centinel and Massachusetts Federalist, 4 pages, all black bordered, 19½ x 12 in. A front-page article datelined Alexandria, Dec. 21, on Washington's last illness notes that it was "omitted on Saturday." Other articles report funeral honors at Watertown, at Newburyport, New-York, East Sudbury, and at Portsmouth, the latter article describing in detail Washington's obsequies. Dampstain in upper right corner and several edge chips; paper has a few holes, one of which affects a few words in two of the articles;.
Estimated Value $2,500 - 3,500.
U.S. Presidents and First Ladies
