Lear, Tobias, 1762-1816

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Lear, Tobias, 1762-1816

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1762-1816

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Secretary to George Washington.

From the description of Autograph letter signed : Dept. of war, 1816 Sept. 14. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270595729 From the description of Autograph letter signed : Dept. of War, to Capt. J.M. Russell, 1816 Mar. 19. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270595725

Private secretary to George Washington.

From the description of Autograph letter signed : Dept. of war, Acc't office, to Mr. Wm. B. Bend, Baltimore, 1816 Aug. 9. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270595734 From the description of A list of public securities and paper money received by Tobias Lear from the president of the United States ... : autograph list, [n.d.]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270599117

Lear was private secretary to General Washington from 1785-1792.

From the description of Manuscript letter copybooks and diary, 1803-1809. : Algiers. (Copley Press, J S Copley Library). WorldCat record id: 17251291

U.S. War Dept. accountant; former private secretary to George Washington.

From the description of Letter, 1819 Aug. 17. (Portsmouth Athenaeum Library & Museum). WorldCat record id: 70922599

Lear became George Washington's private secretary in 1785 and for seven years was a member of the official family at Mount Vernon. After his first wife's death he married Frances Bassett Washington, who was Martha Washington's niece and the widow of George Washington's nephew George Augustine Washington. He later married another niece of Martha's, and served in a number of consular positions.

From the description of Marriage bond, 1795 July 27. (Rosenbach Museum & Library). WorldCat record id: 122347808

Lear was a Harvard senior in 1782.

From the description of An oration upon ancient history / spoken by T. Lear at Cambridge : manuscript, 1782. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 612883000

American diplomat.

From the description of Autograph letter signed : Glasgow, to James Greenleaf, 1793 Dec. 25. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270871293

Tobias Lear served as private secretary to George Washington and his family at Mount Vernon.

From the description of Diary, 1799-1801. (Historical Society of Pennsylvania). WorldCat record id: 122441632

Lear was private secretary to Washington and the last person to whom Washington spoke.

From the description of ALS, 1799 December 15 : Mount Vernon, to Colonel Burgess Ball, Big Spring, London County. (Copley Press, J S Copley Library). WorldCat record id: 13728798

Tobias Lear, American diplomat best known for having been the personal secretary to President George Washington.

From the description of Tobias Lear manuscript material : 1 item, 1794 (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 697293039

Secretary to George Washington, businessman, and diplomat.

From the description of Tobias Lear papers, 1790-1816. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79449331

Diplomat and accountant for the U.S. War Department.

From the description of Papers, 1815. (Portsmouth Athenaeum Library & Museum). WorldCat record id: 70960400

American consular officer; secretary to George Washington.

From the description of ALsS, 1791 Mar. 16-1793 Apr. 8, to David Humphreys. (Rosenbach Museum & Library). WorldCat record id: 122633521

Biographical Note

1762, Sept. 19 Born, Portsmouth, N.H. 1783 Graduated, Harvard College, Cambridge, Mass. 1786 1793 Secretary to George Washington 1790 Married Mary Long 1793 1795 Promoted business interests in Europe 1795 President of the Potomac Co. Married Frances Bassett 1798 Military secretary to George Washington with the rank of colonel 1802 Appointed United States consul to Santo Domingo 1803 Married Frances Henley 1803 1812 United States consul to Algiers 1816, Oct. 11 Died, Washington, D.C. From the guide to the Tobias Lear Papers, 1790-1816, (Manuscript Division Library of Congress)

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