Washington's death: national tragedy in a local setting [2003 Dec.] ; [typescript] / Johnson, Katie.

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Washington's death: national tragedy in a local setting [2003 Dec.] ; [typescript] / Johnson, Katie.

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Comparison of observance and impact of deaths of a national figure and a local leader in the Charleston, S.C., community. Essay discusses public mourning and commemorations honoring death of George Washington, retired first president of the United States, and of Edward Rutledge, governor of South Carolina who died in office.

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Edward Rutledge (November 23, 1749 – January 23, 1800) was an American Founding Father and politician who signed the Continental Association and was the youngest signatory of the United States Declaration of Independence. He later served as the 39th Governor of South Carolina from December 1798 until his death. Born in Charleston, South Carolina, Rutledge was educated in law at Oxford and studied for and was admitted to the English Bar. Returning to Charleston, he had a successful law practic...

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George Washington (b. Feb. 22, 1732, Westmoreland County, Va.-d. Dec. 14, 1799, Mount Vernon, VA) was the first president of the United States, serving from 1789 to 1797. Washington came from a family of farmers and landowners. He had little education but showed an aptitude for mathematics. He used this talent to become a surveyor. At 15, Washington took a job as assistant surveyor on a team sent to map the Shenandoah Valley in western Virginia. In his early 20s, Washington joined the Virgin...