Elizabeth Lear - Portsmouth New Hampshire, Point of Graves

In Memory of
M^rs. Elizabeth Lear
wife of
Cap^t Tobias Lear
who died July 21, 1774
Aged 58 Years

Tobias Lear (IV) was father to Tobias Lear (V), who was personal secretary to President George Washington.

Read more about him here.

His home is now a museum. For more information about visiting this home, click here.

Tobias died by his own hand in Washington D.C. in 1816.

Read a letter from George Washington to Tobias Lear from 1790.

See a letter written by Tobias Lear to Eliphalet Fitch in 1790.


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In Memory of M^rs. Elizabeth Lear wife of Cap^t Tobias Lear who died July 21, 1774 Aged 58 Years Cemetery: Point of Graves Cemetery, Portsmouth New Hampshire Tobias Lear (IV) was father to Tobias Lear (V), who was personal secretary to President George Washington. Read more about him here. He was also consul to Saint Domingue. Tobias Lear Papers. Book: The Checkered Career of Tobias Lear by Ray Brighton The Will of George Washington, Introduction and Editorial Note, with some interesting notes about Tobias Lear. His home is now a museum. For more information about visiting this home, click here. Tobias died by his own hand in Washington D.C. in 1816. Read a letter from George Washington to Tobias Lear from 1790. See a letter written by Tobias Lear to Eliphalet Fitch in 1790. Copyright © 2001 - 2004, Jenn Marcelais. a Soul Oyster Web Studios production. Web Site Design, Development, and Innovation