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| December 21, 1799 The Spectator Theater announced its observance of the death of George Washington |
President John Adams was in office when George Washington died on December 14, 1799. James McHenry, his Secretary of War posted a notice in the Gazette:
"The President, with deep regret, announces to the army, the death of its beloved Chief, Gen. George Washington. Sharing in the grief, which every heart must feel for so heavy and afflicting a public loss, and desirous to express his high sense of the vast debt of gratitude which is due to the virtues, talents, and ever memorable services of the illustrious deceased, he directs that funeral honors be paid to him at all military stations, and that the officers of the army and of the several corps of volunteers, wear crape on the left arm, by way of mourning, for six months. Major-General Hamilton will give the necessary orders for carrying into effect the foregoing directions.
Given at the War-Office of the United States in Philadelphia, this nineteeth day of December, A.D. 1799, and in the 24th year of the Independence of the said States, By command of the President. James Mc Henry, Secretary of War.
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Gen. Washington has died in the 69th year of his age. His complaint was the Cynanche Tonsillaris, an affliction which has been remarkably prevalent this fall. The important command of the army devolves on General Hamilton, who is at present in Philadelphia.
Note: Washington's age was quoted in various newspapers and documents as 67, 68, and 69 years old at the time of his death. He was born on February 22, 1732 and died on December 14, 1799 which made him 67 years old when he died.
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