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Commanded a volunteer company against the Indians in 1757 and in the Battle of Point Pleasant October 10, 1774.
Colonel of the Ninth Virginia Regiment in the Revolutionary War; wasexchanged in December 1781 and joined General Greene?s army as Colonel ofthe Third Virginia Regiment.
Engaged in farming in Oglethorpe County, Ga. in 1785.
Governor of Georgia, 9 Jan 1787 - 1788, and again 7 Nov 1793-1796 (Jeffersonian Republican}
Elected to the First Congress, U.S. Representative from Georgia at-large(March 4, 1789-March 3, 1791).
Brigadier General in the expedition for the capture of West Florida in1811.
NOTE 2./
MATHEWS, George, a Representative from Georgia; born in Augusta County, Va., August 30, 1739; commanded a volunteer company against the Indians in 1757 and in the Battle of Point Pleasant October 10, 1774; colonel of the Ninth Virginia Regiment in the Revolutionary War; was exchanged in December 1781 and joined General Greene’s army as colonel of the Third Virginia Regiment; engaged in farming in Oglethorpe County, Ga., in 1785; Governor of Georgia in 1787 and 1793-1796; elected to the First Congress (March 4, 1789-March 3, 1791); brigadier general in the expedition for the capture of West Florida in 1811; died in Augusta, Ga., August 30, 1812; interment in St. Paul’s Churchyard.
In 1775 he was elected a colonel of the ninth regiment, and for two years he commanded it on the eastern shore of Virginia, after which he joined General Washington. Colonel Mathews commanded his regiment at Brandywine, and at the battle of Germantown captured a regiment of the enemy. He received a very severe wound with a bayonet in another skirmish, was taken a prisoner, and confined on board a British ship in the harbor of New York. He was not exchanged until the termination of the war, when he joined General Greene as commander of the third Virginia regiment. He removed to "Goose Pond," on Broad river, Georgia, in 1785, with his family. One year afterwards he was elected Governor of the State. Under the present constitution he was the first representative of Georgia in Congress, and in 1794, 1795, he was again Governor.
In 1798 President John ADAMS sent his name to the Senate for confirmation as governor of the Mississippi Territory, but as sharp objection was raised in that body because of MATHEW's connection with one of the Yazoo land companies, the President withdrew his name. Governor George GILMER recorded that as a result of this, MATHEWS went directly to Philadelphia, barged into the President's home, and informed him as follows: "Sir, if you had known me, you would not have taken the nomination back. If you did not know me, you should not have nominated me to so important an office. Now, Sir, unless you can satisfy me, your station of President of these United States shall not screen you from my vengeance." ADAMS placated the fiery MATHEWS by promising to appoint his son, John, supervisor of public revenue in Georgia.
Mathews was forced to deal with Elijah Clarke's attempts to capture East Florida and to set up an
independent republic across the Oconee River. More importantly, Mathews signed the infamous Yazoo
Land Act, leading to the illegal granting and selling of large tracts of Georgia's western lands. This left
him unpopular in Georgia, and in 1797 Mathews moved permanently to the Mississippi Territory.
Subsequently, Pres. Madison appointed Mathews to try to acquire Florida from the Spain. Toward this
end, Mathews attempted to stir up revolt among the Indians in Florida, which led Madison to repudiate
his activities. Upon hearing of this, Mathews angrily left for Washington to confront Madison, but in
route he died on his 73rd birthday in Augusta, Ga., where he was buried in St. Paul's churchyard.
NOTE 3./ MATHEWS, George, (1739 - 1812)
Early life
George was born to John and Ann (Arthur) Mathews on August 30, 1739 in Augusta County, Virginia. Young George helped expand the family enterprise. He went into business with his older brother, Sampson, and the brothers acquired property as far west as the Greenbrier district. Their commercial or mercantile efforts extended to oversees markets.
George joined the militia, and became active in civic affairs. He became a vestryman in the church, a Ccaptain in te militia, and the sheriff of Augusta County. He earned a military reputation leading his company in the Battle of Point Pleasant against the Shawnee Indians during Lord Dunmore's War in 1774.
Revolutionary war
Mathews was named the Colonel of the Ninth Virginia Regiment in early 1777. Soon after he led them north to join the Continental Army, but met with serious reverses. In the Battle of Germantown on September 26, 1777 his entire regiment was killed, captured, or scattered. Mathew himself became a Prisoner of War, at first held at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. When the British withdrew from there, he was moved to a prison ship, anchored in New York harbor.
By 1779 Mathews gave a limited parole and was permitted to live in New York City, He wrote to Governor Thomas Jefferson and to the Continental Congress urging an exchange, but exchanges were limited by disagreement at the highest levels. He was finally exchanged in 1781, but got back into action only after the Battle of Yorktown.
Mathews was named commander of the Twelfth Virginia Regiment, but this was only a nominal. command, since his new regiment had been prisoners since the fall of Charleston in May of 1780. But, he went south to work with any available force in clean up actions in South Carolina and Georgia.
Life in Georgia
Mathews was impressed with what he saw as the opportunities on the Georgia frontier. Released from service in 1783, he bought land in Wilkes County. He augmented that with land grants, given for Revolutionary War service. He liquidated his Virginia property, and moved his family to a log cabin there. He and his wife, Polly, would raise their children there and in their later, larger house. In all, they had eight: John, Charles Lewis, George, William, Ann, Jane, Margaret, and Rebecca.
George encouraged other Virginia families to help settle the area. He became a judge in Wilkes County, and a town commissioner for Washington, Georgia. Then in 1787 he was a successful candidate for the Georgia Assembly. His bearing and military experience gained the respect of the other members, and they named him Governor that same year. He attended the state convention that ratified the United States Constitution. He was elected to the United States House of Representatives in 1789 but served only one term.
Mathew's political career had struck its first bump. His identification as a Federalist and his involvement in land speculation caused him to lose the Election for the U.S. Senate in 1792. But, by 1793 he had regained enough support to again be chosen Governor.
His second administration was much less successful than his first. He couldn't get Federal support or funding from the Assembly for his planned series of frontier forts to protect against stepped up raids by the Creek Indians. Frustrated, Mathews again turned to dealing with land speculators in an effort to maintain his popularity. When the western land speculation, known as the Yazoo Land Fraud became public, his career was over. James Jackson resigned from the U.S. Senate and returned to replace him as Governor in the 1796 election.
Later life
Mathews start afresh in the Mississippi Territory. Poly had died, so he married a widow, Mary Carpenter, who owned property there. A few years later he again became involved with politics, at first as a spy. U.S. President James Madison and he had conceived a plan to annex East Florida, then governed by Spain. English and other European colonists had been abandoned by Britain after the Revolutionary War. He was to foment a rebellion in St. Augustine, then lead troops in to make the annexation a reality. Mathews succeeded in the first steps, and early in 1812 activated a commission from Madison as a Brigadier General, and gathered local troops for the invasion.
But, in Washington, D.C., the congress became alarmed at the possibility of being drawn into war with Spain. Madison was forced to recall his commission, and the effort fell apart. Mathews decided to go to Waqshington to appeal his case personally. But, on the trip he became ill and was forced to stop in Augusta, Georgia. He died in Augusta on August 30, 1812, and was buried in St. Paul's Churchyard there.
NOTE 4./ George MATHEWS (Brigadier General) EVENT: 25 JUL 1757, Augusta, VA <<http://www.cstone.net/~bobdf/GEDCOM/mathews/d0001/g0000032.html>>
"George MATHEWS of Staunton, and William and Audley Maxwell were on their way to Smith's house at the time of the assault. Hearing the report of the guns as they approached, they supposed there was a shooting match at the place; but on riding up to the house, they discovered the dead bodies of Smith and Renix lying in the yard. The Indians had concealed themselves in and behind the house when they saw
Mathews nd his companions approaching, and fired upon them as they wheeled to ride back. The club of Mathews' cue was cut off, and Audley Maxwell was slightly wounded in the arm."
"The Indians then divided their party, twenty of them with their prisones and plunder returning to Ohio, while the remainder started towards Cedar creek to commit further depredations. But Mathews and the Maxwells had aroused the settlement and all the people soon collected at Paul's Fort, at the Big Spring, near Springfield. Here the women and children were left to be defended by Audley Maxwell and five other men; twenty-one men led by Mathews, going in search of the enemy. The Indians were soon encountered, and, after a severe engagement, took flight. They were pursued as far as Purgatory creek,
but escaped in the night and overtaking their comrades at the mouth of the Cowpasture river, proceeded to Ohio without further molestation. Three whites (Benjamin Smith, Thomas Maury and the father of Sally
Jew) were killed in the engagement. Returning to the battlefield the next morning, Mathews and his men buried the dead Indians on the spot. The whites slain there, and those murdered in the preceding day, were buried near the fork of a branch in what was (in 1831) the Meadow of Thomas Cross, Sen.
EVENT: "General Mathews was a short, thick man, with stout legs, on which he stood very straight. He carried his head, rather thrown back. His features were full and bluff; his hair, light red; and his complexion, fair and florrid. His looks spoke out that he would not fear the devil, should he meet him face to face..... His dress was in unison with his look and conversation. He wore a threeÄcornered cocked hat, fair top boots, a full, ruffled shirt at the bosom and wrists, and occasionally, a long sword at his side..... He was unlearned. He pronounced fully the "l" in would, should, etc., and "ed" at the termination of compound words, with a long drawling accent. He spelled coffee "Kaughphy". He wrote congress with a "k". When Governor, he dictated his messages to his secretary, and then sent them to James Mason Simmons, the Irish schoolmaster, to put them into grammar.
"His memory was unequalled. Whilst he was a Member of Congress, an important document, which had been read during the session, was lost. He was able to repeat its contents verbatim. Previous to the
Revolutionary War, he was Sheriff of Augusta County (Virginia), and had to collect the taxes from the inhabitants. He recollected for a long time the name of every taxpayer. His memory, and sharpness in
trade, enabled him to make lucrative speculations in the most unusual way."
".....He (George) was by far the crudest, most dynamic, energetic, colorful, and capable of the seven boys. He spent virtually all of his life on frontiers: western Virginia, upper Georgia, the Mississippi Territory, and Florida...... One contemporary of Mathews wrote: "I knew him to be a man of unwavering truth as he was of dauntless courage and gigantic mind. He was indeed illiterate, but I have rarely known his equal in energy, comprehension and moral sense."
"By the time he had reached his early twenties, he was a seasoned veteran of Indian warfare..... By the early 176O's Mathews had become a prominent and prosperous young man in Augusta County..... He and his older brother, Sampson, engaged in several economic activities. They kept an ordinary..... and ran a store..... The two brothers were very active in the purchase and sale of lots in Staunton as well as
large and small tracts of land throughout the surrounding area. As merchants, they soon penetrated the whole area west of the mountains..... The Mathews firm dealt in everything from Dutch ovens to contracts for indentured servants and a few Negro slaves..... Naturally, a successful businessman would be called upon to serve his community in other ways.
"Mathews was a natural storyteller and the war was the source of some of his tallest stories. His own part in it grew with the years. During his lifetime he was known to acknowledge but two superiors: General George Washington, and the Lord Almighty. And as time passed, he questioned the high standing of Washington. Mathews never forgot that he "blead from five wounds in his Countrys service" and sustained a loss in his private interest of twenty thousand pounds by "depreciation of our money" during the war.
BIRTH: 30 AUG 1739, Augusta, VA ; DEATH: 30 AUG 1812, Augusta, Richmond, GA
"Late in August (1812) the General reached Augusta. Once there he crawled into bed. By morning his fever had mounted - he could not rise. The hot, humid air of the river town pressed on him from every
side.... His fever continued unabated, and his once strong muscles could barely move his emaciated body. On Sunday, August 30, he would be seventy-three years of age. Sunday came and Mathews still lived, but as though that birthday were a goal of major importance, he achieved it and could go no further. Hot-tempered General George Mathews was dead.
BURIAL: 31 AUG 1812, Augusta, Richmond, GA
EVENT: 21 NOV 1772, Augusta, VA
"Memorandum of Agreement between Sampson and George Mathews wit their servants Denis
Callahan Mary Jackson and John Welsh Viz the said Callahan is to Teach their servant Mary Jackson in an art of mistrey of Britches Making as also to Teach John Welsh devicing(?) the time of said Welshes service with said Mathews in said art in Consideration of which the said Sampson and George Mathews is to allow him the Benefit of said Mary Jacksons work for 10 months as part is already expired as also
to pay said Callahan fifty shilling for Instructing said Welsh and this said Welsh is to allow the said Mary out of his freedom dues and this said Mary Jackson is to serve the said Sampson and George Mathews eight month after her present time by Indenture is Expired on Acct. of said Callahan Teaching
her in his Art & Mystrey as Aforesaid
At a Court continued and held for Augusta County November the 21st 1772 This agreement between Sampson & George Mathews and their Servants John Welsh and Denis Callahan was Acknowledged by the Parties with the consent of the Court and Ordered to be Recorded."
EVENT: 20 NOV 1770- 1771, Augusta, VA ; Appointment as sheriff:
"Know all men by these presnets that we George Mathews Sampson Mathews John Archer & Peter Hog
are held and firmly bound unto our Soveriegn Lord George Mathews in the sum of one Thousand Pounds
to which Payment will and truly to be made unto our said Lord the King his heirs and Successors we bind our selves and each of us our and each of our heirs Executors and Administrators Jointly and Severally firmly by these Presents Sealed with our seals and dated this 20th day of November 1770
The Condition of the above obligation is such that whereas the above bound George Mathews is Constituted and Appointed sheriff of the County of Augusta ________
Pleasure by Commission from William Nelson Esquire President of Virinia under the seal of the Colony dated the Twenty fifth day of October last past if(?) therefore the said George Mathews shall well and truly Collect & receive all offices fees Z& dues put into his hands to Collect and duly account ofr and
pay the same to the Offices to whom such fees are due respective -ly at such times as are Prescribed & Simetted(?) by Law & shall well and truly Execute & due return make full __ Process & Receipts to him directed & pay & Satisfy all sums of Money & Tobacco by him recieved by Virtue of any such Process to the Person or Persons to whom the same are due his or heirs Executors Administrators or Assigns
and in all other things shall truly & faith fully perform the said Office of Sherif during the time of his Continuance therein then the above Obligation to be void otherwise to Remain in full force & Virtue
Seald & Delivered Geo. Mathews (Seal) ; In the Presnece of Samp. Mathews (Seal) ;John Archer (Seal)
Petr Hog (Seal)
EVENT: 28 NOV 1771, Augusta, VA ; Appointed tax collector.
"Know all men by these Presents that we George Mathews and Sampson Mathews John Madison Junior & Thomas Madison are held and firmly bound unto our sovereign lord George the third by the grace of God of Great Britain france and Ireland king defender of the faith. in the sum of one hundred and Seventy thousand six hundred and forty pounds of Tobacco to which Payment well & Truly to be made to our said Lord the King his heirs & Successors we bind ourselves and every of our heirs Executors and Adminis=
trators Jointly & Severally firmly by these Presents sealed with our seals and dated his 29th day of November 1771 The Condition of this obligation is such that whereas the above bound George Mathews hath taken upon him the Collection of the County levy for this County amounting to Eighty five Thousand three hundred & twenty Pounds of Tobacco now if the said George Mathews shall pay to the several Creditors the several sums of Tobacco Serviced(?) for _____ according to law then this Obligation to be void or otherwise to be and remain in full force and Virtue Sealed and Delivered Geo. Mathews (Seal)
In the Presence of Samp. Mathews (Seal) ; John Madison Junior (Seal) ; Thomas Madison (Seal)"
EVENT: 04 OCT 1777, Germantown, PA : Fought at Germantown. He was taken prisoner and sent to a British prison in New York; he was later exchanged.
He was wounded in the Battle of Germantown, and his men, retreating before the advancing British, failed to see him as he lay on the field. An English soldier lifted his bayonet to stab him, but his
commander caught the weapon and angrily demanded, "Would you murder a wounded officer?"
Turning painfully on his back, Mathews asked, "To whom, sar, do I owe my life?"
""If you call it an obligation, sir, to me," replied the British officer.
"Mathews eyed the British uniform above him and muttered, "Well, sar, I'll have you know I scorn a life saved by a damn Briton.
Fortunately, his wounds were not fatal.
"There are several versions as to how Mathews and his regiment came to be captured (at the battle of Germantown)..... Undoubtedly, Mathews' regiment fought its way far in advance of the other American units as it pushed beyond Luken's Mill. When Mathews received orders to retreat, or was forced to do so, he attempted to withdraw via Luken's Mill. Changes in the battle lines had allowed the enemy to man the breastworks again, thus blocking his withdrawal route.
"Despite the fact that the Ninth Regiment was captured at Germantown, the entire unit, and especially Mathews, won considerable fame for their conduct during the campaign. The salvation of the American army at Germantown was ascribed in one early biography of Greene "to the bravery and good conduct of two regiments, one of which was commanded by..... Col Mathews." (Gilmer)
EVENT: 05 DEC 1781
Officially exchanged as a prisoner of war, but had been on parole in Augusta County for several months.
EVENT: 1763, Augusta, VA ; Served as Vestryman.
EVENT: BETWEEN 1765 AND 1767, Augusta, VA ; Served as warden.
EVENT: 1768, Augusta, VA ; Served as surveyer of road.
EVENT: 29 NOV 1770, Augusta, VA ; Appointed tax collector.
"Know all men by these Presents that we George Mathews Sampson Mathews John Madison Jr. and
Thomas Madison are held and firmly bound unto our sovereign lord George the third in the sum of one hundred and fifty seven Thousand seven hundred & fifty seven Pounds of Tobacco to which Payment well & truly to be made to our said lord the King his heirs & Successors we bind ourselves and each of us our and each of our heirs Executors and Administrators Jointly & Severally firmly by these Presents sealed with our seals and dated his 29th day of November 1770 The Condition of this obligation is such that whereas by consent of Augusta Court the above bound George Mathews hath this day taken upon
him the Collection of the County Proportion Amounting to seventy Eight Thousand eight hundred & Seventy seven pounds of Tobacco if therefore the said George Mathews shall well and truly Collect amt and pay to the County Creditors without Cover or fraud what is by the state of the County Proportion Appropriated to them then this Obligation to be void or else to Remain in full force and virtue
Sealed and Delivered Geo. Mathews (Seal) ; In the Presence of Samp Mathews (Seal) ; Thos. Madison (Seal) ; John Madison Jr. (Seal)"
EVENT: BETWEEN 1769 AND 1770, Augusta, VA ; Served as justice of the peace.
EVENT: 27 DEC 1781, Augusta, VA
"On December 27, 1781, three weeks following the official exchange date for Mathews, he received a letter from General Greene ordering him to duty. Mathews replied that he had been recently attacked "with the appearance of a fistilo (pipelike ulcer) which have sence terminated in inward bleeding," which seriously impaired his health. He promised to join Greene in April, if his health permitted."
EVENT: ABT 15 NOV 1782, Augusta, VA ; Left for Georgia to joind General Greene.
EVENT: FEB 1783, GA ; "Soon after his regiment had disbanded, Mathews was petitioning the Georgia Assembly for land. In February, the Legislature acted favorably on a petition made by Mathews and several others requesting that a square district or tract of land of 200,000 acres be reserved for the Virginia families they proposed to bring down....."
EVENT: 1784, Wilkes, GA
"Sometime during the year 1784 Mathews, his wife and eight children, and some of his Virginia friends went to Wilkes County, Georgia, and settled in the Goose Pond area of the fertile Broad River Valley,
which became the first permanent settlement in present day Oglethorpe County."28 Among [his friends] were Francis Meriwether, Benjamin Taliaferro and many others. These people formed what was known as the "Broad River Settlement."
EVENT: 29 SEP 1790- 1791, Philadelphia, PA ; Wife, Margaret, accompanied the General to Philadelphia and, later, to Goose Pond.
EVENT: SEP 1793-13 FEB 1797, Staunton, Augusta, VA ; n September 1793, Mrs. Mathews, her two step-daughters, and a step-son, came to Staunton on a visit.
"The long silence between the husband and wife was broken by a notice served on her that he intended to apply to the legislature of Georgia for an Act of divorce."
EVENT:
President John Adams appointed Mathews governor of the newly created territory of Mississippi. Secretary of War James McHenry objected because Mathews was interested in the New England Mississippi Land Company, the claimant of extensive acreage in the territory. Adams withdrew the nomination.
EVENT: 1798
"The story is apocryphal, but with an element of truth in it. In 1798 President John Adams appointed Mathews governor of the newly created territory of Mississippi. Secretary of War James McHenry objected because Mathews was interested in the New England Mississippi Land Company, the claimant of extensive acreage in the territory. After Adams withdrew the nomination, Mathews expressed his disappointment in a letter to the secretary of state, but it was 1805 before he received an appointment.
EVENT: 31 MAR 1805, Mississippi Territory ; Sunday, March 31st 1805
The Genl. Was Talkative and spoke of Hanible, Sipeo, Fabricius, Carolanus, Marius, &c &c but his historical knowledge was detached and some Times he Erred as To Time and place and frequently Spoke bad English - yet he seemed To have a pretty Strong memory - & repeated parts of Hanible & Sipeo - yet combined parts of different Speeches together without distinction of Time & place &C. He also fought his own Battles o'er e o'er & and gave us a good many other Anecdotes - In a word he was the Orator of the day -Seldom did any of us Interrupt him - I only now & then Expressed a few words to help to rectify some mistakes of Persons, Time & place in his Historical Sketches and I believd we left the Generl. highly pleased with himself - The Genl. However is a Ruff brave old Soldier - and is in many respects Respectable - nor does he lack Strong Talants but all his Opertunities have not polished them much - His wife is an Amiable woman--
EVENT: 04 APR 1812, Washington, D.C. The following letter was dispatched to General Mathews:
"JAMES MONROE, SECRETARY OF STATE, TO GEORGE MATHEWS ; Department of State April 4, 1812 "Gen. George Mathews
"Sir,
"I have had the honor to receive your letter of the 14th of March, and have now to communicate to you the sentiments of the President on the very interesting subject to which it relates. I am sorry to have to
state that the measures which you appear to have adopted for obtaining possession of Amelia Island and other parts of East Florida, are not authorized by the law of the United States under which you have acted. You were authorized by the law, a copy of which was communicated, and by your instructions which are strictly conformable to it, to take possession of East Florida only in case one of the following
contingencies should happen: either that the Governor, or other existing local authority, should be disposed to place it amicably in the hands of the United States, or that an attempt should be made to
take possession of it by a foreign power. Should the first contingency happen, it would follow that the arrangement being amicable would require no force on the part of the United States to carry it into effect. It was only in case of an attempt to take it by a foreign power that force could be necessary in which event only were you authorized to avail yourself of it, "In neither of these contingencies was it the policy of the law, or purpose of the Executive, to wrest the province forcibly from Spain, but only to occupy it with a view to prevent its falling into the hands of any foreign power and to hold that pledge under the existing peculiarity of the circumstances of the Spanish monarchy for a just result in an amicable negotiation with Spain.
"Had the U. S. been disposed to proceed otherwise, that intention would have been manifested by a change of the law and suitable measures to carry it into effect, and as it was in their power to take
possession whenever they might think that circumstances authorize and require it, it would be the more to be regretted if possession should be effected by any means irregular in themselves and subjecting the Government of the U. S. to unmerited censure.
"The views of the Executive respecting East Florida are further illustrated by your instructions as to West Florida. Although the U. S. have thought they had a good title to the latter Province they did not take possession until after the Spanish authority had been subverted by a revolutionary proceeding, and the contingency of the country being thrown into foreign hands had forced itself into view, nor did they then, nor have they since, dispossessed the Spanish Troops of the Post which they occupied. If they did not think proper to take possession by force of a Province to which they thought they were justly entitled, it could not be presumed that they should intend to act differently in, respect to one due sensibility has been always felt for the injuries which were received from the Spanish government in the war, the present situation of Spain has been a motive for moderate and pacific policy towards her.
"In communicating to you these sentiments of the Executive on the measures you have lately adopted for taking possession of East Florida, I add with pleasure that the utmost confidence is reposed in
your integrity and zeal to promote the welfare of your country. To that zeal, the error into which you have fallen, is imputed. But in consideration of the part you have taken which differs so essentially from that contemplated and authorized by the Government and contradicts so entirely the principles on which it has uniformly and sincerely acted, you will be sensible of the necessity of discontinuing the service in which you have been employed. You will, therefore, consider your powers as revoked on the receipt of this letter. The new duties to be performed will be transferred to the Governor of Georgia, to whom instructions will be given on all the circumstances to which it may be proper at the present juncture to
call his attention"I am, Sir James Monroe."
George was infuriated and immediately headed for Washington, D.C. He made it as far as Augusta, Georgia
"It is not to embelish a character that ever shone without any false lustre, that you are requested to record the death of General GEORGE MATTHEWS, one of our real heroic and patriotic revolutionary
fathers. On his journey to Washington from Florida he became indisposed in this city, and after an illness of 12 days expired.
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