DEATH OF GEORGE WASHINGTON.


The New-York Gazette and General Advertiser, no 4377. New York: John Lang, Franklin's Head, December 21, 1799. Folio (515 x 330 mm). 4 pp. With black mourning border to all pages. Disbound. Leaves darkened. Some chipping at lower left corner.Provenance: Hudson & Goodwin, Printers (ownership signature to top of p 1).In the second column of page 2, under "Columbia Mourns" and a woodcuts of a funeral urn, two hourglasses and two skulls, the text reads: "It is with the deepest grief that we announce to the public the death of our most distinguished fellow-citizen Lieut. General George Washington. He died at Mount Vernon on Saturday evening, the 13th inst. of an inflammatory affection of the throat, which put a period to his existence in 23 hours." The editor's obituary is followed by reports of the actions of Congress upon news of Washington's death.