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Smithville Mourns George Washington February 13, 1800

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The Wilmington Gazette February 13, 1800
   SMITHVILLE -- Feb. 3, 1800 -- Funeral obsequencies in memory of GEN. GEORGE 
WASHINGTON were observed this day at the Military Station at Fort Johnston, on 
the river Cape Fear; attended by the inhabitants of this town and its vicinity.
   At sunrise, 16 guns were fired from the Fort in quick succession. One gun 
continued to be fired every half hour during the day. At 12 o'clock the 
Procession commerced and while moving to the place of interment, minute guns 
were fired from the Revenue Cutter.
                         ORDER OF PROCESSION
   The Federal Troops Commanded by LIEUT. FERGUS
   Drums muffled, music and Flag in Mourning
                          Pall Bearers
        LIEUT. BURCH        BIER       LIEUT. SNELL.
                         SUPPORTING
                           AN URN
                          Carried by
                             Four
        LIEUT. HARRIS      Soldiers    CAPT. BROWN
                         
                           Mourners:
          JOSHUA POTTS                 ABRAM BAKER
          HENRY LONG                   JOSEPH HUMPHRIES
          LUKE SWAIN                   ISAAC DAVIS
                  Physcian - DOCTOR EVERET
          MRS. LONG                    MRS. GATEWAY
   Preceding 34 Girls and Boys with Crape on the left arm, each having a 
         Sprig of Cypress in ther hands
   Young Ladies dressed in White with black Sashes
   Married Ladies in Mourning
   Citizens and Strangers
   On arriving at the place of interment, the troops, with arms reversed, 
halted and opened to the right and left, when the Bier and Urn preceded by 
music, were deposited in the place appointed for the purpose. 
   DR. EVERET then read an Oration after which a solemn Dirge was sung by the 
inhabitants; and the melancholy scene was closed by the usual military funeral 
honors.
   On the evening of the same day, a discourse was delivered by ABRAM BAKER, 
ESQ., to a numerous congregation, from the worths of the 8th verse of the 34th 
Chapter of Deuteronomy, "And the children of Israel wept for Moses in the 
plains of Moab 30 days."



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