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2. I had read that he died from excessive bloodletting ...

Thu Dec 15, 2022, 07:03 PM

Dec 2022

while that sounds like an obvious way to kill someone, apparently there's real reason to doubt that was the cause: https://constitutioncenter.org/blog/the-mysterious-death-of-george-washington

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On December 14, 1799, George Washington died. [View all] mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2022 OP

I was in that very room a couple of weeks back Historic NY Dec 2022 #1

I had read that he died from excessive bloodletting ... eppur_se_muova Dec 2022 #2