Today is President's Day, and I couldn't think of a better way to celebrate it than to take you on a journey through some very old newspapers to see what was being published in the days surrounding the death of the nation's first president. December 15, 1799, the day George Washington passed away, was a day of mourning for this young country, but it wasn't the only thing being printed in papers that day. What else made the news?

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SOURCES

“1799: Thomas Nash, after Rendition to the British.” ExecutedToday.com . Accessed January 30, 2023. http://www.executedtoday.com/tag/jonathan-robbins/.

“Andrew Ellicott.” Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, January 30, 2023. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Ellicott.

Bradford, John. “To The Public.” Kentucky Gazette (Lexington, Kentucky), December 19, 1799. www.newspapers.com.

“The Death of George Washington.” George Washington's Mount Vernon. Accessed January 29, 2023. https://www.mountvernon.org/library/digitalhistory/digital-encyclopedia/article/the-death-of-george-washington/.

Galloway, Taraya. “Death of George Washington - This Week in History - the Official Blog of Newspapers.com.” FishWrap The official blog of Newspapers.com, December 13, 2018. https://blog.newspapers.com/death-of-george-washington-this-week-in-history/.

“George Washington.” Biography.com. A&E Networks Television, September 11, 2020. https://www.biography.com/us-president/george-washington#:~:text=George%20Washington%20was%20a%20Virginia,serving%20from%201789%20to%201797.

“HMS Hermione (1782).” Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, July 7, 2022. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Hermione_(1782).

“John Bradford (Printer).” Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, March 28, 2016. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Bradford_(printer)#:~:text=Bradford%20was%20born%20in%20Prince,the%20Kentucky%20Gazette%20in%201787.

Lear, Tobias. “Mount Vernon, December 15, 1799.” The Pennsylvania Gazette (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), December 24, 1799. www.newspapers.com.

Moodie, Benjamin. “From Timothy's Gazette. Facts.” Aurora General Advertiser (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), December 20, 1799. www.newspapers.com.

“Mourning George Washington.” George Washington's Mount Vernon. Accessed January 30, 2023. https://www.mountvernon.org/library/digitalhistory/digital-encyclopedia/article/mourning-george-washington/.

“United States: Georgia (2nd Story).” Federal Galaxy (Brattleboro, Vermont), December 16, 1799. www.newspapers.com.

Yost, Russell. “William Augustus Bowles - the Boy Who Became Chief.” The History Junkie, March 2, 2022. https://thehistoryjunkie.com/william-augustus-bowles-the-boy-who-became-chief/.

“‘It Is Our Mournful Duty...".” Gazette of the United States and Philadelphia Daily Advertiser (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), December 18, 1799. www.newspapers.com.

SOUND SOURCES

Al Jolson. “I’ll Say She Does.” www.pixabay.com/music.

Lucille Hegamin and The Dixie Daisies. “Cold Winter Blues.” www.pixabay.com/music.

Sophie Tucker. “Reuben Rag.” www.pixabay.com/music.