...and he was selfpossessed as he said to his secretary, "I am just going. Have me decently buried, but do not let my body be put into the vault in less than two days after I am dead. Do you understand? It is well." When John Quincy Adams was informed of his...

...Lear, "he made several attempts to speak to me before he could effect it. At length he said, 'I am just going. Have me decently buried, and do not let my...again, and said, 'Do you understand me?' I replied 'Yes'—''Tis well,' said he. "About ten minutes before he expired (which was between ten and eleven...

...survival. At ten o'clock he made several attempts to speak, and at length was able to say, "I am just going, have me decently buried, and do not let my...the vault in less than three days after I am dead." At eleven o'clock he died quietly. WASHINGTON was not only ex-president of the United States; he was,...

...Lear, "he made several attempts to speak to me before he could effect it. At length he said, "I am just going. Have me decently buried; and do not let my...understand me?" I replied "Yes." 'Tis well said he." generals hand fell from his wrist. I took it in mine and pressed it to my bosom. Dr Craik put his hands...

...quietly," and express some concern lest he be buried alive. "I am just going," he finally told Lear. "Have me decently buried, and do not let my body be...the vault in less than three days after I am dead." Lear nodded dolefully. "Do you understand?" Washington asked in a faint voice. "Yes, sir," said Lear....

...dead who were buried while still alive. Gasping after each phrase, Washington told Lear, "I am just going. Have me decently buried, and do not let my...the vault in less than three days after I am dead. Do you understand me?" When Lear said, "Yes, sir," Washington gave his last words: " 'Tis well." Soon,...

...Tobias Lear, knelt by the bed and took his hand. "I am just going." The general forced out the words. "Have me decently buried and do not let my body be put into the vault in less than three days." Lear, weeping, nodded. "Do you understand?" Even now, it was the voice of command. "Yes, sir!" " 'Tis...

.... . ." About ten o'clock he made several attempts to speak to me ... at length he said, "I am just going. Have me decently buried, and do not let my...and said, "Do you understand me?" I replied, "Yes, Sir." " 'Tis well," said he. . . . Mrs. Washington who was sitting at the foot of the bed asked, with...

...fateful hour. Shortly after ten o'clock, he told Lear, "I am just going." He whispered one final order. "Have me decently buried, and do not let my body be...the vault in less than three days after I am dead." Given the technology of the time, he astutely feared being buried alive. Minutes later, Washington...

...be left alone for a time so he could commune with his Maker. At length, he said: "I am going soon. Have me decently buried; and do not let my body be put into the vault in less than three days." Around ten o'clock that evening, he made several attempts to speak before he could finally manage to...