Lear, Tobias, 1762-1816

Dates:
Birth 1762
Death 1816-10-11
Gender:
Male
Americans
English,

Biographical notes:

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.

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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Subjects:

  • Bounties, Military
  • Military deserters
  • Diplomatic and consular service, American
  • Diplomatic and consular service, American
  • Diplomatic and consular service, American
  • Distilleries
  • Fisheries
  • Fourth of July
  • Louisiana Purchase
  • Medicine
  • Naval history
  • Pirates
  • Plantations
  • Plantations
  • Presidents
  • Prisoners of war
  • Secretaries
  • Soldiers
  • Voyages and travels
  • Weddings
  • Diplomatic and consular service, American
  • Diplomatic and consular service, American
  • Plantations

Occupations:

  • Businessmen
  • Diplomats
  • Secretaries

Places:

  • Portsmouth, NH, US

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