Tobias Lear
American
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| 1762/09/19 | Tobias Lear is born in Portsmouth, NH. | Born | Tobias Lear House | Portsmouth, NH | |||
| 1784/00/00 | Tobias Lear begins tutoring Martha Washington's grandchildren and working as George Washington's personal secretary. | Employee | Mount Vernon Estate, VA | Mt Vernon, VA | |||
| 1789/11/03 | Washington visits the home of his secretary, Tobias Lear, and Pitt Tavern, known then as Staver's Tavern. | Host | Tobias Lear House | Portsmouth, NH | United States of America's First Presidential Tour | ||
| 1790/00/00 | Mary 'Polly' Long marries Tobias Lear, her childhood sweetheart. | Groom | |||||
| 1793/07/28 | After a short, but server illness, Mary Long Tobias, wife of Tobias Lear, dies of Yellow Fever in Philadelphia. | Widower | 1793 Philadelphia Yellow Fever Epidemic | ||||
| 1793/07/29 | Mary Long Tobias, wife of Tobias Lear, is buried at Christ Church, Philadelphia. | Widower | Christ Church Burial Ground | Philadelphia, PA | 1793 Philadelphia Yellow Fever Epidemic | ||
| 1799/12/14 | Washington tells Lear, "Do you arrange and record all my late military letters and papers. Arrange my accounts and settle my books, as you know more about them than anyone else, and let Mr Rawlins finish recording my other letters which he has begun." | Washington's Secretary | Mount Vernon Estate, VA | Mt Vernon, VA | Death of George Washington | ||
| 1804/00/00 | Frances Dandridge Henley, niece of Martha Washington, marries Tobias Lear. They will honeymoon aboard the USS Constitution on their way to Algeria where Tobias is to be Consul General to North Africa. | Groom | USS CONSTITUTION | Boston | |||
| 1815/00/00 | Tobias Lear buys three lots at 1801 F Street, probably for speculation, since he owned a house one block away on F Street. | Owner | Ringgold-Carroll House | Washington, DC | |||
| 1816/10/11 | Known to suffer from headaches and depression, Tobias Lear shoots himself in the head at his DC home (Wirt House, demolished, 1700-1800 G St NW, south side). His son, Benjamin, finds the bloody pistol in Tobias' hand. Tobias did not leave a suicide note. | Died | Ringgold-Carroll House | Washington, DC |
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