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An old family servant asked him how he felt. He answered, 'I am very ill.'

To Dr. Craik he observed, 'I am dying, sir - but am not afraid to die.'

To Mrs. Washington he said, 'Go to my desk, and in the private drawer you will find two papers - bring them to me. These are my Wills - preserve this one and burn the other.'

Calling to Colonel Lear, he directed - 'Let my corpse be kept for the usual period of three days.'

He asked "What is the time?", and was answered a few minutes to ten. Then he died.

Those were his final words.

(another version)

Last words were spoken to Col. Tobias Lear, his aide:

"I am just going. Have me decently buried and do not let my body be put into a vault in less than two days after I am dead. Do you understand me?

"Yes,sir." replied Lear.

" 'Tis well", said Washington. Then he died.

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