Tobias Lear
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Tobias Lear (September 19, 1762 – October 11, 1816) was the personal secretary to President George Washington. Lear served Washington from 1784 until the former-President's death in 1799. Lear's journal details Washington's final moments and his last words: 'Tis well.
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Tobias Lear | |
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Private Secretary to the President | |
In office April 30, 1789 – March 4, 1797 | |
President | George Washington |
Preceded by | Office established |
Succeeded by | William Smith Shaw |
Personal details | |
Born | (1762-09-19)September 19, 1762 Portsmouth, Province of New Hampshire, British America |
Died | October 11, 1816(1816-10-11) (aged 54) Georgetown, Washington, D.C., United States |
Resting place | Congressional Cemetery |
Spouses | Mary Long
(m. 1790; died 1793)Frances Bassett Washington
(m. 1795; died 1796)Frances Dandridge Henley
(m. 1803) |
Education | Dummer Charity School Harvard College |
Occupation | Diplomat Secretary |
Known for | Personal secretary to George Washington |
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Tobias Lear also served third president Thomas Jefferson, as envoy to Saint-Domingue (modern-day Haiti), and as peace envoy in the Mediterranean Sea and North Africa during the First Barbary War (1801–1805) and the Second Barbary War (1815). He was responsible for negotiating a peace treaty with the Bey of Tripoli that ended the first Barbary War.