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Doctor Craik & Doctor Dick

“Dr. James Craik's friendship with Washington dated at least from 1754, when the Scottish native (1730-1814) was commissioned in the Virginia Regiment. He participated in Edward Braddock's campaign, which ended in disaster on the Monongahela. Dr. Elisha Cullen Dick (1762-1825) served several terms as mayor of Alexandria. Both men treated Washington during his final illness and wrote an account for the Alexandria Times.” — Henriques, 1999.

The Final Struggle between George Washington and the Grim King: Washington's Attitude toward Death and an Afterlife, by Peter R. Henriques The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Winter, 1999, Vol. 107, No. 1. (PDF)

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