Lear, Tobias, 1762-1816
Dates
- Existence: 1762 - 1816
Biography
Tobias Lear (September 19, 1762 – October 11, 1816) was the personal secretary to President George Washington. Lear served Washington from 1784 until the former-President's death in 1799. Lear's journal details Washington's final moments and his last words: 'Tis well. Tobias Lear also served as third President Thomas Jefferson's envoy to Saint-Domingue (modern-day Haiti), and as peace envoy in the Mediterranean Sea and North Africa during the First Barbary War (1801–1805) and the Second Barbary War (1815). He was responsible for negotiating a peace treaty with the Bey of Tripoli that ended the first Barbary War.
Found in 7 Collections and/or Records:
Daniel Webster letter
Collection
Identifier: Mss 816316
Webster Mss 816316
Date(s):
1816-05-16
Abstract
In English.
George Washington Campbell letter
Collection
Identifier: Mss 816174
Mss 816174
Date(s):
1816-02-24
Abstract
In English.
John Wingate Weeks letter
Collection
Identifier: Mss 816154
Mss 816154
Date(s):
1816-02-04
Abstract
In English.
John Wingate Weeks letter
Collection
Identifier: Mss 816356.1
Mss 816356.1
Date(s):
1816-06-06
Abstract
In English.
Rufus King letter
Collection
Identifier: Mss 816124
Mss 816124
Date(s):
1816-01-24
Abstract
In English.
Tobias Lear letter
Collection
Identifier: Mss 815373.1
Mss 815373.1
Date(s):
1815-06-23
Abstract
In English.
William Pinckney letter
Collection
Identifier: Mss 816171.1
Mss 816171.1
Date(s):
1816-02-21
Abstract
In English.