Excerpt from An Oration, in Honour to the Memory of General George Washington: Who Died December 14, 1799, in the 68th Year of His Age To us are unknown, what mighty events tell upon the removal of this great pillar of our national inde pendence, union and fafety. The faithful page of hill tory has informed us, that the death of a great prince. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.